Food & Beverages

Monday, July 23rd, 2012

Food & Beverages
9:00 am

Ikea Launch 4.7% Dark Beer – Öl Mörk

IKEA lager

IKEA sell some weird non-furniture related business but this latest offering seems to make the most sense. Building your own wardrobe is a right pain, nothing more depressing then spending an evening with an Allen key. Cheer up, here’s something…

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Friday, July 20th, 2012

Food & Beverages
6:00 pm

Recipe | Simple Salmon Tartare

Simple Salmon Tartare

If you are reading this in our hemisphere, it is hot as a wood-fired oven right now. Some salmon sure sounds good, but turning on the range means inviting more heat into your situation. The people over at Crepes of…

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Thursday, July 19th, 2012

Food & Beverages
4:00 pm

Scotch | Bunnahabhain Toiteach Single Malt

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Are we drinking Scotch from mason jars? At present, yes. Not much call for highball glasses around the house, so the arrival of this Bunnahabhain Islay Single Malt Toiteach demanded adaptive measures. We went in curious, as the fuel seeks…

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Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

Food & Beverages
5:00 pm

Recipe | Chivito – A Uruguayan Steak Sandwich

Recipe - Uruguayan Steak Sandwich

Spoonforkbacon helps us get our South American steak sandwich on with this recipe from Uruguay for a chivito, also know as a Uruguayan steak sandwich . We note the delicious addition of eggs into the flank steak as well as onions inside a…

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Food & Beverages
1:00 pm

Perrier-Jouët Redesigns Bottle, First Time in a Century

Perrier-Jouët Redesigns Bottle, First Time in a Century

For the first time in a century, champagne maker Perrier-Jouët has redesigned their floral bottle motif with the help of Japan artist, Makoto Azuma. The original Perrier-Jouët signature floral motif was first created by Emile Gallé in 1902.  Makoto, a musician,…

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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

Food & Beverages
6:56 pm

Mrs. Lilien’s Cocktail Swatchbook

Mrs. Lilien's Cocktail Swatchbook

We love a good swatchbook style guide: be it Queen’s Pantone color guide or this excellent drink recipe book from Kelley Lilien.  The 50 recipes inside Mrs. Lilien’s Cocktail Swatchbook  are broken into three categories: blended, shaken, and punch bowl style…

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Monday, July 16th, 2012

Food & Beverages
7:00 am

Nowness – ‘I am the Salmon Smoker’ – Ole Hansen

Nowness – ‘I am the Salmon Smoker’ – Ole Hansen

This brilliant video, which, admittedly seems like a spoof at times, features one of the world’s foremost smokers of salmon, Ole Hansen of  Hansen & Lydersen. Originally from Norway, now based in Stoke Newington, London, Hansen has built his home and life…

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Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

Food & Beverages
3:30 pm

Beer | Rogue Juniper Pale Ale

Rogue Juniper Pale Ale

We are probably in the minority, but when we hear the words “Gin Blossoms” we think of burst capillaries on the bulbous noses of cantankerous old drunks rather than “Hey Jealousy.” Juniper berries have a bad rap—mostly for being integral to a delicious spirit that…

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Food & Beverages
2:00 pm

Lucky Peach Magazine – Issue #4 – Available Now

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Lucky Peach #4 is an all “American Food” issue featuring stories from David Simon, creator of “The Wire” and “Treme,” on his father “via pickles and cream,” Teletubbies, Brian Koppelman on movie diners, and recipes for seaweed burgers, and more. David…

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Food & Beverages
8:00 am

Batik – Handmade Wooden Kitchen Utensils

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The kind of thing I’d display on a shelf and never use for fear of damaging, these kitchen utensils are handmade in Kenya using a variety of different woods and materials including wild olivewood, bone and blackwood. Serving spoons, coffee…

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