The third installment of the MLB Recipe Series travels to Arizona with a desert inspire cocktail for the Diamondbacks.   Combining the watermelon like fruit of a prickly pear (the fruit of cactus), the sweet tropical fruit and citrus flavors of St. Germain, vodka, and a splash of lemon juice this recipe creates a refreshingly balanced [...]

I’m sure that most of you guys out there would agree that there is just something about a BBQ Burger, Western Bacon Cheeseburger, or whatever you want to call it.  The combination of a perfectly grilled burger with cheese, bacon, onion rings, and bbq sauce simply equates to one heaping pile of messy happiness. Unfortunately, [...]

Contrary to popular belief, vegetables are consumed in the Glutton Household and more often than not they’re consumed on a gluttonous level.  It’s all about balancing the equation.  After all I can eat an entire platter of grilled meat in one sitting, but my body usually feels better when a side of veggies finds its [...]

While most of the national media outlets are debating on which Dream Team (1992 vs. 2012) would be the last team standing (prompted by Kobe Bryant’s remarks earlier in the week), there seems to be more of a pressing question beginning to surface(at least in my mind).  With the recent knee injury to the Los [...]

When it’s hot outside sometimes you just need an adult libation to refresh the soul.  However, there are occasions when the coldest of beers or easiest of drinking wines don’t fill the bill and one requires something with a little more punch to bring about “normality.” Faced with one such scenario this past weekend, I [...]

Growing up in Northern California less than 2 hours from San Francisco meant there was always a readily available supply of seafood.  One of the luxuries that was afforded during my upbringing on our farm was weekly fresh seafood deliveries which always included a healthy allotment of sea scallops.  The scallops were one of the [...]

Once in a while my better half surprises me with a new beer to try and yesterday this was Grand Teton Brewing Co.’s The Grand Saison Farmhouse Ale.  While I don’t usually gravitate towards Belgium style beers (Saison is a southern Belgium summer style beer) I generally lack the will power to say no when someone hands [...]