From 02.08.2013 -
Valentine's Day is coming soon ... we'll get you ready with some easy tips and simple recipes to help you share with your love:Our video of the fun: http://bit.ly/VUKEui
- Shatto Milk Company (Smooch Chocolate Cherry Milk)
- Farm to Market Bread Company (Chocolate Cherry Bread)
- Trader Joe's (Turkey Meatballs)
- Belfonte Ice Cream (French vanilla for the heart-shaped ice cream float)
The Forbidden Love (Recipe):
- 2 oz. of Hendrick's Gin
- 1 oz. of Blood Orange Juice
- 2 chopped strawberries
- 4 cut cucumbers
- Crushed ice
Assemble all ingredients in a shaker tin and muddle for 30 seconds.
Pour in to a martini glass with strawberry on the bottom and garnish with a cucumber slice or two on the rim of the glass!
Enjoy!
From 01.16.2013 -
Our New Year's resolution is to buy local, shop local, eat local! This is how we get it done when entertaining at home:
Our video of the fun: http://bit.ly/UtAwI8
- 2013 Kansas City Restaurant Week: www.kcrestaurantweek.com
- Sum Zum Dining Card: http://sumzum.com/
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| The local spread on Better Kansas City today |
- Bettah Buttah http://www.bettahbuttah.com/
- Campo Lindo Farms http://www.campolindofarms.com/
- Consentino's Market http://www.cosentinos.com/brookside/
- Farm to Market Bread Co. http://farmtomarketbread.com/
- Green Dirt Farms http://www.greendirtfarm.com/
- The Local Pig http://www.thelocalpig.com/
- Nut Nation http://www.nutnation.net
Cleaning:
- Bon Ami http://www.bonami.com/
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| The local ingredients for the drinks |
- About the Coffee http://aboutthecoffee.com/
- Bailey's Irish Cream (Not local but still very good)
- Dizzy Three Espresso-Infused Vodka http://clear10vodka.com/
- The Lab http://www.lab5702.com/
- PT's Coffee http://www.ptscoffee.com/
- Shatto Milk Company http://www.shattomilk.com/
Drink Recipes:
The Dizzy Martini
- 2
ounces of Dizzy Three Espresso-Infused Vodka
Pour the Dizzy Three into
a cocktail glass. Top with sparkling wine and stir gently. Garnish with a lemon
twist, add a coffee bean and serve.
The Lazy Sundae:
- 12 cups of PT’s Coffee
The Lazy Sundae:
- 12 cups of PT’s Coffee
- Bailey's Irish Cream Liqueur
- 1
pint of Shatto Vanilla Ice Cream
Brew 12 cups of
coffee. While the coffee is brewing, fill each cup with a scoop of ice cream.
Be sure to use large cups. Top each scoop of ice cream with just enough Irish
cream so that the ice
From 12.20.2012 -
Did you miss the president & CEO of EAT - Entertaining and Training (Julie M. Levine) on The Perk KC ... a Thursday afternoon radio broadcast on 1510 AM (really just last month but oh so fun to write it that way) ... Check her out here:
http://theperkkc.com/episodes/12-20-12.mp3
(She comes on around 15:30 if you need to FF)!
From 11.28.2012 -
How to Make it through the Holidays?
From 11.06.2012 -
Presidential Food and Drink Favorites!
Drink Recipes:
Ward Eight
- 1.5 ounces Rye Whiskey (We used Old Potrero by Anchor Steam)
- ¾ ounce lemon juice
- ¾ ounce fresh squeezed orange juice
- About a teaspoon of Grenadine (POM)
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail or rocks glass.
Manhattan
- 1 ounce Rye Whiskey (We used Old Potrero by Anchor Steam)
- ½ sweet red vermouth
- 2 dashes of orange Bitters
Strain into a chilled cocktail or rocks glass and garnish twist a strip of thin-cut lemon or orange peel over the top.
Snakebite (Shandy)
- ½ pint lager/stout (We used Guinness)
- ½ pint dry apple cider (We used Woodchuck)
Pour ingredients into a pint glass – Lager/Stout first followed by cider
*Can substitute sweet cider for the dry.
From 10.04.2012 -
Creative kitchen gadgets to help you in the bar/drink arena!
Items featured in this segment include:
- Double-hinged wine (key) opener- Wine bottle foil cutter
- Vinturi wine aerator
- Misc. stemware
- Liquid measurement conversion chart
- Hot pot grip (Heat proof)
From 09.26.2012 -
Surprise food attack in your home means making sure you have some staples on hand!
- Basha's Original Hummus (Costco)
- Dorot Fresh Herb Cubes (Costco)
- Madhava Agave Nectar (Costco)
- Morton's Sea Salt (Brookside Market)
- Tuong ot Sriracha Sauce (Brookside Market)
- Alessi White Truffle Oil (Brookside Market)
- Trader Giottos Olive Oil (Trader Joe's)
- Trader Joe's Raisin Rosemary Crisps (Trader Joe's)
- Lemons (fresh or bottled)
- Miscellaneous jams, chutneys and spreads
From 09.19.2012 -
Easy entertaining with items you already have in your home!
Drink Recipes:
Strawberry Beer Lemonade
- 2 cups strawberries, chopped
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1 large bottle blonde or pale ale (1 pint, 6 oz)
- Ice
Let all ingredients, except beer, stand in pitcher for 1 hour … pour in beer and strain in to glassware
High Shirley
- 1 shot (1 1/2 ounces) grenadine
- 1-2 maraschino cherries
- 12 oz. Beer
Pour grenadine in to glassware
Add 2 to 3 cherriesPour in beer to top of glass
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