From the monthly archives:

April 2006

Banrock Station – saving Canada’s wildlife

April 30, 2006

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. [...]

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Blog review: Palatable

April 30, 2006

Palatable is an American blog that will enlighten you on some of the scarier things that affect the processed foods that most of us on a daily basis. Be sure to check out the Manburger and the shitty teddy. They also have instructions on how to grow your own bean sprouts. Very cool.
In the links [...]

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Awesome Tealight holder

April 25, 2006

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 [...]

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Less Stinky Soup

April 25, 2006

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 [...]

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Blog review: Road Foodie

April 22, 2006

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 [...]

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Big Stinky Soup

April 20, 2006

A few years ago we had a dinner party where every couple was expected to bring a specific course and a bottle of wine (or two) to accompany it. We had 5 couples who brought an appetizer, salad, soup, a main course and dessert. For this particular evening, we made the soup; a [...]

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Hot Dog Steamer

April 19, 2006

If you love a good steamy weinie, you’ve got to get one of these! No more exploded microwave hot dogs or split dogs that have boiled for too long. I bet the kids would love filling the hopper up with doggies & jamming the buns on the steam spikes. Speaking of the steam spikes, while [...]

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Jamie Oliver friggin ROCKS!!!!

April 18, 2006

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 ancient [...]

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What the Heck is a Noisette, Anyway?

April 18, 2006

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 [...]

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The Carnival of the Recipes

April 17, 2006

Foodies has been included in a blog carnival for the first time. Thanks to the Grill Maestro for including us in the Carnival of the Recipes. The Carnival featured a link to One of Seven’s double recipe review.

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