Archive for August, 2011

Selling Super Salad Sandwiches

Selling Super Salad Sandwiches

  Looking for a way to expand your menu selections without increasing your labor? Here’s an idea you might not have considered: Your menu sandwiches; and your...

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Wine Reviews of the Week: Coquelicot Estate Vineyard

Wine Reviews of the Week: Coquelicot Estate Vineyard

  This week’s wines come to us from  Coquelicot Esates in Santa Barbara County. The name Coquelicot is French for the striking red poppy flower that graces...

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George’s Rants & Raves: St-Germain Liqueur

George’s Rants & Raves: St-Germain Liqueur

 Pure serendipity and then some: I Got an invite to attend the 4th annual Can-Can Cocktail Classic and actually even managed to attend. I knew that Buckeye vodka...

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Exclusivly Refreshing

Exclusivly Refreshing

All the way from the gentle rolling wheat fields of Moldova, near the shores of the Black Sea, a new vodka comes to California, an escape reminiscent of icy mountain...

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Chocolate-Dipped Banana Bonbons

Chocolate-Dipped Banana Bonbons

Chocolate-Dipped Banana Bonbons Created by: Allison Beck Yields: 8 Servings Time: 2 ½ hours (Including Freezing) Ingredients 8 bananas, sliced into ¾-1-inch...

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Oogave Sodas: The Power of Nectar

Oogave Sodas: The Power of Nectar

Good news for all you shoppers that enjoy a sweet, refreshing beverage but find the all-natural options unsatisfying. There’s no need to give up soda or feel...

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Dining Detectives-The Plant Café Organic-San Francisco

Dining Detectives-The Plant Café Organic-San Francisco

It was another San Francisco summer day with the fog thick in the morning but by late afternoon it was sunny, windy and beautifully mild. The Bay glistened as we...

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George’s Rants & Raves: Crav Vodka

George’s Rants & Raves: Crav Vodka

It’s always something and then there’s more. Several weeks ago I was informed that I would be receiving a bottle of Crav Vodka to review, and I looked forward...

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Great Wines When You’re Grilling: Beef & Lamb

Great Wines When You’re Grilling: Beef & Lamb

Check out our more recent addition (with up-to-date reviews) of Great Wines When You’re Grilling  For our third and final installment of Great Wines When...

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