Throne for your games

In an effort to prepare you for the upcoming tailgating season, we wanted to highlight one of the best combinations in food and drink: Wine and Cheese.  As today is National Wine and Cheese day, are passing along some of the greatest combinations known to Man (or Woman). The brave choice: PORT AND BLEU CHEESE…

As a rule of thumb, anything made with Bailey’s is yummy.  This one is no exception.  Try this after-dinner drink.  Given the mix and relatively high alcohol content, we suggest you consider enjoying it slowly.  Drink responsibly, as they say. Ingredients: 1 shot vodka over ice 1 shot Kahlua 1 shot Irish cream Instructions: Pour…

On National Scotch Day (and on a great summer Saturday), we wanted to highlight the most famous Scotch cocktail around, the Rob Roy.  While it’s certainly possible to screw up this drink, it’s such a simple formulation that, with just a little attention to detail, even the most distracted bartender can come up with something…

Labor Day came about because workers felt they were spending too many hours and days on the job (Can I get an Amen!). But let’s get some perspective. In the 1830s, manufacturing workers were putting in 70-hour weeks on average (Yikes!). The holiday was founded to reduce the work week to 6 days a week….

Grilled Jamaican Jerk chicken is a breeze to make and has a distinct Caribbean flavor without being overly spicy. This recipe will be a hit with your friends and family this spring. Servings: 4 1 small yellow onion, cut into large chunks 2 scallions, quartered 1 Scotch bonnet or Habanero chili pepper, seeded and roughly…

Sure, we love football! But other sports are exciting as well. Horse racing, for example. Until the Kentucky Derby this past weekend, it seemed that the one thing we could all agree upon was which horse won in a horse race. But now that we have another topic over which to debate, drink up and…