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Greece - What to Eat
Greece is a land of vibrant cuisine. It is food that is neither spicy nor bland, but rich in the flavors of the Mediterranean. It is comfort food in the truest sense of the word.
New Semester + Marketing divided by Strategic Timing x Cheap Booz = ?
I consider my self a pretty observant chap when I'm out and about. Today on my way back home from a fresh haircut I meandered my way through hundreds of college students returning for the new year at Cal. After working up an appetite from all the eye candy I decided to stop at the local grocery store, Andronicos, to pick up something for dinner. Andronicos is a high end as my friends call it (phroo phroo) grocery store whose sales are not sales at all but rather a mark down to the reasonable. I did a double take when I saw that the majority of their liqueur stock is marked down 40%-50%. Of course I have no beef with a grocery store having a sale, sales are good, so as far as I'm concerned Yee Haa! but then I thought about the timing. Marking down all the liqueur on UC Berkeley's kick off weekend is a smart strategic move on their part from a business point of view, so fair enough. But then something else caught my eye as if making under age drinking easier wasn't enough. Rising out of the center of this huge liqueur display was a goal post with the UC Berkeley banner hanging across it. Now that did disturbed me. Am I making much ado about nothing? Should I not expect corporate conscience to yield to social responsibility? What do you think? I'm I crazy?An Introduction to Greek Food and Greek Cooking...
Greek cooking offers an incredibly rich and diverse array of foods and beverages that are the culmination of literally thousands of years of living, cooking, and eating. While each Greek meal is fresh and inviting, it is also a trip back through Greece's history.
Ingredients
The names of foods, cooking methods, and basic ingredients have changed little over time.
Valentine's Day Cocktails
Valentine's Day is almost here! I can't wait to make a special dinner for my hubby along with a decadent dessert. But first, comes the cocktails to start off the romantic dinner.Bar Essentials
Yayita requested a list of essentials for an at-home bar. So, here's my list.
HARD LIQUORS
THE BARE ESSENTIALS
Vodka
White Rum
Gold Tequila
Gin
American or Canadian Whiskey
NOT ESSENTIAL BUT HELPFUL
Dark Rum
Bourbon
Scotch
Irish Whiskey
Flavored Vodkas
Brandy or Cognac
CORDIALS/LIQUEURS
THE BARE ESSENTIALS
Triple Sec (orange liqueur)
Kahlua (coffee liqueur)
Peach Schnapps
Chambord (raspberry liqueur)
Midori (melon liqueur)
Amaretto (almond liqueur)
NOT ESSENTIAL BUT HELPFUL
Bailey's Irish Cream
Other fruit and berry flavored schnapps
Malibu
MIXERS
THE BARE ESSENTIALS
Sour mix (sweetened lemon juice)
Orange juice
Cranberry juice
Pineapple juice
Seltzer
Tonic
Cola/Diet Cola
Lemon-Lime/Diet Lemon-Lime
Ginger Ale
Milk or cream
NOT ESSENTIAL BUT HELPFUL
Tomato juice
Grapefruit Juice
Frozen drink mixes
GARNISHES
THE BARE ESSENTIALS
Lemons
Limes
Oranges
Olives
Cherries
Salt
OTHER DRINKS
THE BARE ESSENTIALS
Beer
Light beer
red wine
white wine
sparkling wine/champagne
light and dark vermouth
TOOLS/EQUIPMENT, ETC.
The Pulse of Summer: Blender Drinks Are Back
The Pulse of Summer: Blender Drinks Are Back http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/dining/25blender.html?th&emc=th By PETE WELLS Published: June 25, 2008 YOU may regard the electric blender as a helpful household appliance. For your bartender, it is a tool straight from the devil. “You’d be hard pressed to find a barman who takes his work seriously who works in a joint with a blender,” said Duggan McDonnell, an owner of the bar Cantina in San Francisco.Simple Chocolate Truffles
here are some simple chocolate truffles, i made them for valentines this year and they were a hit! they'll also make great christmas goodies!
Ingredients
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- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 3 cups confectioners sugar, sifted
- 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips, melted
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- optional - liqueurs, other flavorings
coating_
- 1 1/2 cups (dark, milk, or white) chocolate, melted (whatever you prefer to coat)
Directions
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POMEGRANATE MARGARITAS
4 cups pomegranate juice
1 cup lime juice
4 tbsp. orange-flavor liqueur
1 cup BANDOLERO TEQUILA GOLD 80 proof tequila
TIP:You can freeze the pomegranate juice cubes a day or two ahead. For juice, whirl pomegranate seeds in a blender or food processor, then pour through a fine strainer into a container.
Cannoli Recipe
Recipe
Shells:
3 cups sifted flour
3 tbsps. melted butter
1/8 tsp. salt
1 tbsp.
Yogurt Cake Recipes For mdbzmom
Today I was browsing teamsugar and came across user mdbzmom asking for a recipe that consisted nonfat plain yogurt.
This got me really excited, because a lot of my favorite cakes have just that in them.
So here is a post full of the tastiest looking cakes I found on the net that have plain yogurt of course!
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