Archive for 'American'

Hot Rod Grill for the Ultimate Pitstop

This isn’t just your normal v8 engine. It’s a Barbecue grill that screams man food. If you’ve got a mantchen, you’ll love this grill for your outdoor parties. The headers are functional, imagine the bacon smell coming from those pipes. It also features a temperature gauge.

Snoopy Snowballs Make Winter Tasty

It’s that time of year for Charlie Brown’s wimpy tree and for the kids to gather around the kitchen tables squirting fruit juice on shaved ice snow balls. I don’t know about you, but I certainly remember this great little toy. It may not make the best snowball, but it certainly made me happy. Get [...]

Top 10 Fun Ideas for Office Gift Exchanges

Does your office have a gift exchange? Are you looking for something a bit more interesting than a bottle of wine or passes to the movie theater? These fun ideas will make your co-workers chuckle and start rumors over who is the secret Santa. 1. Unicorn Corn Holders Everyone loves Unicorns. But those pointy things [...]

10 Great cookbooks for Christmas

These cookbooks will inspire your friends for the full year. Some are decadent, some are classic, and some are the ones everyone want to borrow. 1. Booze cakes What more do you need to know. Everyone loves a cake that catches fire. Booze Cakes: Confections Spiked With Spirits, Wine, and Beer includes traditional Booze Cakes [...]

base10 Christmas gifts for the kitchen geek

These gifts will be perfect for the cook that can convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit without a calculator. 1. Brain cubes This ice cube tray converts a drink into a smart drink. Every rock should be a brain. 2. Compartmentalized lunch boxes These stainless steel lunch boxes are not only eco-friendly, they are downright nifty. [...]

Bake Tom Colicchio’s Parker House Rolls for Thanksgiving

Tom Colicchio wrote a great article in the November issue of Saveur Magazine about the Parker House rolls they serve at his Colicchio and Sons restaurant in New York City. Parker House rolls are delicate, slightly sweet yeast rolls that melt in your mouth. While the recipe is a rather simple milk enriched yeast roll, [...]