Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Send a JibJab eCard
St. Patrick’s day is March 17th. What will you be doing to celebrate? Have you made any plans yet? If your heading out to a local bar, which one are you thinking of going to? Whatever you decide, have a great time. I will no doubt be causing trouble in several bars [...]
Beer Pancakes Just In Time For Fat Tuesday
If you are reading this post on Tuesday, February 16th 2010 from somewhere in the U.S. then “Happy Fat Tuesday”. If you are from the U.K. then “Happy Pancake Day” or Shrove Tuesday as it is also known. ”Happy Fastnacht Day” to all you German’s out there, “Happy Malasada” if you are Hawaiian, “Happy [...]
Chocolate ‘n’ Coffee Baked Potato – Sweeet!
Sounds so wrong, but so right at the same time. I haven’t tried this……yet, as I just got the info. I just came across a newsletter from Vibrant Rioja. I couldn’t remember signing up for this, but then, it was to do with alcohol, so who knows. Anyway, the point is, there was [...]
Beer, Cheese, Bacon, Cream Cheese…In a Cupcake!
In my quest to find you the best food and drink recipes from around the planet, I come across a lot of bizarre and sometimes quiet disgusting sounding (and at times, tasting) recipes. I came across this one here and it quite literally takes the cake.
I tried out this recipe over the weekend and got mixed reactions, nearly all [...]
Brooklyn Walking Tour With ‘Big Rick’
Next time you have family or friends come and visit, and your stuck for somewhere to take them, how about letting ‘Big Rick’ take care of them for about 3 hours.
Big Rick’s family have lived here for over 100 years, so if there is anyone qualified enough to give a walking tour of Brooklyn, it [...]
How to make cheap vodka taste expensive!
Unless your name is Warren Buffet, you may have noticed your money not going as far as it used to. You may even be trading visits to your uber cool cocktail bar for a night in with a 6 pack of bud light and a movie. We cant help you with your surroundings, but we [...]
Whiskey Tea
Many years ago, when I had just started working on board cruise ships, my Filipino Manager at the time, would order from the bar, a ‘Chivas and milk’. I put this strange mix down to being from another part of the world and figured what the hell! I gave it a go…..no bad…….but [...]
Samuel Adams Utopias
I first tried Sam Adams Utopias back in November 08. The Draft Barn sold it for $400 per bottle or $20 per 30ml shot. I wish I had known back then, just how many measures I would have bought, maybe then I would have invested in a bottle, instead of per shot!! [...]
Smokey Chipotle Chicken
The word chipotle, which was also sometimes spelled chilpoctle and chilpotle, comes to English originally from the Nahuatl word chilpoctli by way of Mexican Spanish. The Nahuatl word chilpoctli means “smoked chile”, formed from chil (=”chile pepper”) + poctli (=”smoke”). The original Nahuatl word was spelled “pochilli” and has apparently become reversed. Bet you didn’t [...]
Chocolate And Coffee Baked Potato
Sounds so wrong, but so right at the same time. I haven’t tried this……yet, as I just got the info. I just came across a newsletter from Vibrant Rioja. I couldn’t remember signing up for this, but then, it was to do with alcohol, so who knows. Anyway, the point is, there was this sick recipe [...]
