Not too long ago, I enjoyed a glass of this vintage wine along with a very tasty steak dinner at my parent’s house. A friend of the family’s was huge into wine, and occasionally shared wine with the parents as gifts, this was one such present.
As far as we could tell from the label (which [...]
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Last weekend, Marsh Mallow and I were on the beach in Florida. Neither of us live there and it’s barely summer where we come from, so our skin is a little pale. To protect ourselves from the peak cancer-inducing sun rays, we hung out at the pool-side bar with direct view of the ocean and [...]
It’s Cinco de Mayo! We decided to celebrate at our office with fresh-made guacamole, chips, salsa and home made Sangria. Delicious. I assigned myself to Sangria creation (and enjoyment).
Ingredients:
1.5 litre shiraz (but you could use other red wine)
1 juicy orange cut into chunks
1 ripe mango cut into chunks
1 quart sweet strawberries cut into chunks
1 cup [...]
No kidding. Bacon vodka is out there. I love bacon and I love vodka. A match made in heaven? I’m not sure. But I’d like to find out.
From the Bakon Vodka site:
“Bakon Vodka is a superior quality potato vodka with a savory bacon flavor. It’s clean, crisp, and delicious. This is the only vodka you’ll [...]
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Stranahan’s is an award-winning small-batch Colorado whiskey, distilled here in Denver. I got a tour of how they make it happen by a friend who works there (Spicy Haggis, who I haven’t convinced to write for this blog yet, but he does comment from time to time!)
Here’s a snap from my tour. This is Stranahan’s [...]
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I love ginger root, but sometimes even my usual method of prolonging it’s life expectancy by wrapping it in a paper towel and then putting it in a plastic bag doesn’t extend it’s viability long enough, and it gets gross.
Discussing this dilemma, my man said he’d heard somehow or another that putting it in vodka [...]
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