Are you not sure what you should have for lunch today?

Can’t decide between all of the yummy restaurants around you….

What about if you could just input your Zip Code and Spin A Wheel and the decision is made for you, making it painless and effortless.

Sound pretty cool, huh!

The Wheel Of Lunch is so nifty, by inputting your zip code, the mighty wheel spins and picks a place near you, which will in turn give you a link to its Yahoo review site.  So even if it lands on something your not really feeling you can spin again until it spikes your interest and taste buds.

How many of you will be spinning the wheel during lunch today????

Image from Wheel of Lunch
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A wine party is a great way to experience new and unfamiliar wines with intimate friends in the comfort of your home.  The tasting allows you and your friend to not only have a chance to catch up in conversation but also the chance to learn and educate yourselves on new and different wines as well.  Choose on three different wines to feature at your party.

Sparkling Wine

The first one to try and start off with is a Sparkling wine, these are a great beginning.  Three great one that could be opened and tried are : Proseco, which is a sparkling wine grown  in the Veneto region of Italy.  It is a less expensive substitute for champagne.  The second one is a White or Rose sparkling wine, any kind can suffice.  The third is Champagne, our favorite choice, which is cultivated in the Champagne region of France.
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Confused with all that small print wine mumbo jumbo on the wine label… Does it all just sound foreign to your ears?

Learn to decode the label and become a wine extraordinaire! Especially in time to host your own wine party….

The most important pieces of information on a wine bottle label are the grape, the winemaker, and the vintage. 

1.)  The Wine maker or winery: which can be found at the top of the wine bottle in big print.  This is the company or firm that made the wine or, in some cases, the wine’s trademark name.

2.)  Appellation: is the country or region where the grapes for this wine were grown. It can be broad id description or narrowed down to specific region.
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Are the smallest in the onion family.  They are referred to only in the plural, because they grow in clumps rather than as individual plants.  

Chives are excellent in savoury omelettes, and may be chopped and boiled with potatoes that are to be mashed, or chopped fresh and sprinkled, just before serving, on mashed potatoes, both as a garnish and flavoring.

 They can be added to any salads and/ or soups.

Image: kthread/Flickr
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Similar to a gyro but in burger form is irresistable.  All you need to do is combine parsley, dill, cumin, and of course shredded lamb.

The topping also makes these burgers amazing, with tangy feta, arugula, olives, and sun-dried tomatoes.  Just Delicious!

A perfect way to end summer and start off the new school year, easy and scrumptious!
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These adorable, creative yet elegant brown paper bags were the handiwork and creativeness of Casey Solomon and Karen Mordechai, the duo behind Sunday Suppers.  

Sunday Supers is a Brooklyn based cooking class that shares ideal fresh foods with great friends.  If I was in the neighborhood I would definitely be out there.  So if any of you live in the local area go check them out!

Anyways back to these adorable take away menus… that’s right on inexpensive brown paper lunch bags all you need to do is write your menu, in nice handwriting of course, and BAM your done.  It can also work as a take-away bag as well.  

Perfect for an outdoor dinner party or get together…..

Loved It!!!!!!! 🙂

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President Obama said on Thursday of last week that he and the First Lady Michelle, are looking into setting up a farmers market just outside the White House, which might sell food from the White House garden or from local farmers. 

The president said it could give the city of Washington, D.C., “more access to good, fresh food, but it also is this enormous potential revenue-maker for local farmers in the area.”

The President also went on stating that…
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If you are a fan of bratwurst’s and if you have an iPhone, then your in luck… because Bell, a big swiss butcher chain, has just launched a new bratwurst-grilling application that can be downloaded to either your iPhone or iPod Touch.  

This new application allows you to blow into the microphone to simulate fanning the embers and touch the screen to move the bratwurst around the grill for grilling perfection.

What will they come up with next???? 😀
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Are you one of those people that LOVE hamburgers?

Every time you go out to eat in a restaurant you don’t even look at all the other delicious things that offered but go straight to the burger sections?

If this is you and you find yourself nodding and agreeing with me then this is your most lucky day… because do I have a secret to tell you!

I found this little recipe, well I giuess you can say it really isn’t so little since it contains 21 different ways you can serve a hamburger… can you imagine that 21 thats Great!!!!!

You can find this great recipe in a promotional pamphlet by Hunts in the 1960s… or if you can’t seem to be able to transport yourself back in time then you can just click here 21 New Ways to Serve Hamburger.

This is awesome, do any of you agree with me?

Image: Shelf Life Taste Test/Flickr
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Do you know what this picture is of????

It is the Clutch Light designed by Scottish designer Scott Jarvie.  This art piece was found featured on MoCo Loco’s Contemporary Design blog.  

This design contains hundreds of simple, striped, plastic drinking straws and is based on the structural characteristics of trees, along with Jarvie’s other structural piece the Clutch Chair, featured at bottom.

This is what the Clutch Light looks like when turned on.

To see more…

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