Banrock Station Shiraz has become a staple in our house over the last few years. It’s big, Jammy goodness has become like a comfort food around here. That goodness has also come with the knowledge that the wine is made by a company with a solid dedication to preserving wetlands in it’s native Australia. Last [...]
Awesome Tealight holder
As regular readers may have figured out, I love checking out what Arieanna has found over at Cooking Gadgets. This week, we’ve combined some things from The Garage with some things for around the house. You can get these wicked recycled bike sprocket tea light holders from ELSEWHERES for only 12 bucks a piece! I’m [...]
Less Stinky Soup
Many years ago (about 15), Time Life came out with a series of American Country books. At that time, we were into many things country. The series of books was well done with great photographs but the most interesting to us was the country cooking book. I still use some of these recipes today and [...]
Blog review: Road Foodie
Last week, One of Seven posted a review of a couple of recipes from The low carb gourmet, by Brigit Binns. This wonderful post has introduced us to Brigit and her new blog. Road Foodie is Brigit’s journal of food and drink she’s enjoyed (or not) as she travels around the world. She’s witty and [...]
Jamie Oliver friggin ROCKS!!!!
I’m outta place here, “cause Sandy is halfway through a real review of the new show, but I’ve been into the Banrock Station & this Dude’s show just kills! This cat rolls into an old Italian monastary, gets the monk dudes shit faced & teaches them how to cook! Just imagine the opportunity….stroll into an [...]
What the Heck is a Noisette, Anyway?
Definition Paraphrased: It’s obvious now that I should have included a bit of Brigit Binns’ prelude to the “Seared Lamb Noisettes with Pea, Feta and Mint Salad”, as discovered when both the Grill Maestro and our own Garage Guy confessed that they didn’t know what the heck a noisette was…. Well, fair enough — and [...]
