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 Sprengidagur” [...]

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 this sick [...]

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 [...]

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 not great. [...]

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!! As you can [...]

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 [...]