Archive for 'Food & Drinks'

Toxic Spill Coaster is Drop-Drink Gorgeous

Coasters are coasters are coasters. But every now and then, something unique comes along and makes an impact…

These Toxic Spills glowing coasters will do just that, in the light and in the dark! Get 4 in a set for just $11.95 (about R85).

They look awesome, are easy to wash and will certainly add some personality to your drinks!

A Good (Wine) Rack Gets Much Praise

Samuel Johnson said “One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.”

This unique Grape Wine Rack is the ideal place to keep your favourite tipple!

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It will look great in any home, especially after a fine merlot… just remember to leave something in the wine rack, or it’s a bit pointless spending £79.99 (about R1000) over here.

Why not read a few old wine proverbs? Here you go…

  • Old wine and old friends are enough provision
  • Good wine carrieth a man to heaven
  • Drunkenness is not the wine’s fault, but the man’s
  • A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds
  • Burgundy for Kings, Champagne for Duchesses, and claret for Gentlemen
  • The best use of bad wine is to drive away poor relations
  • In water one sees one’s own face, but in wine one beholds the heart of another
  • There are more old wine drinkers than old doctors
  • Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep, and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be saved. Ergo, drink wine and be saved
  • Take the drink for the thirst that is yet to come
  • One barrel of wine can work more miracles than a church full of saints
  • Drink a glass of wine after your soup, and you steal a ruble from the doctor
  • With wine and hope, anything is possible
  • Good wine ruins the purse; bad wine ruins the stomach

Frozen Dentures to Cool Your Drink!

How awesome are these bedside denture ice cube moulds?!

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Each tray will hold two sets of frozen dentures. So just add water, wait a bit and you have enough false teeth ice for four drinks or two drinks with a complete set of dentures. Get em here!

Surrender to the Beer Liquid Shooter

This is something that every soda/beer drinker should have nearby or preferably holstered:

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  1. Shake your unopened can of soda or beer.
  2. Slide into the reservoir holder of the Beer Blaster Liquid Shooter
  3. Lock the reservoir holder down – a small needle will puncture your can and the carbonation will give you the pressure needed to unleash your sticky liquid all over anyone with just the pull of the trigger
  4. Run around shooting beer at each other, or you could just sit on your butt and use your Beer Blaster Liquid Shooter to spray beer down your gullet. That’s what I like to do – hell, I’m doing it right now. Wheeeee.

Just remember, shoot responsibly and don’t shoot and drive!

Limited Edition Mumm F1 Champagne Box

GH Mumm unveiled this much awaited F1 box “Limited Edition” last month at the Pavilion Visconti of Milan, in conjunction with the 2009 Monza Grand Prix:

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Champagne is synonymous with luxury and celebration, and therefor the collection kit in which this bottle of bubbly arrives, is made from exclusive materials including carbon, velvet and gold. Yes. Gold.

It will be available only in Italy and exclusively on order for $7289 (about R55,000)! Sho!

“Pull Back and Go” Salt Shaker

This normal looking salt shaker has a little secret. It’s base contains a powerful pull back-and-go motor – perfectly geared to deliver a full load of salt across any dining table.

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Just aim. And fire! For only $9.99 (about R75) over here.

Recipe Timer Offers Precision Cooking

Take a look at this kitchen timer device that works with specially designed recipe cards. Like any recipe, you have instructions only the Kitchen Timer goes one step further and provides visual and audio feedback on progress.

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If a set of instructions says to cook the chicken for 30 minutes, the arm will slide down the card in that exact amount of time – now that’s precision cooking!

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Designed by Emma Caselton

Braai Tongs Go Digital

These trusty braai tongs have a built-in sensor that let you monitor your meat’s internal temperature on its backlit LCD display:

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What’s even more impressive is that they also sound an alarm when your steak is ready, and double as an LED flashlight. The stainless steel tongs have presets for seven types of meat (along with one custom setting), and require two AAA batteries. Go on, find them online somewhere…

Smoke and a Meatball

When I think of meatballs, I remember the classic scene in Lady & the Tramp when the one dog rolls the last meatball over to the other. Cute.

I also think about how I’ve never really loved meatballs, until now. I mean how does a smoked meatball sub sound right about now? Enticing and appetizing right? Well, now you can have tasty flavors on those meatballs by using this Meatball Grill Basket…

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It’s from Williams-Sonoma and it holds up to 12 meatballs! Tt has perforated walls to retain the flavors and drain the fat off of beef, chicken, or whatever other meatballs you’re making. With polypropylene handle for easy turning and even cooking it’s a steal at just $50 (about R390)! Get it here and smoke a meatball

Meet the Grillslinger Sport Boet!

It holds everything you’ll need on a convenient tool belt for easy reach. It comes with a pair of speed tongs, a spatula, two lock-and-load washable inserts, and more importantly, a holder for your beer.

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It’s the Grillslinger Sport! No more laying down of your grilling tools. And he who holds the tools is The Braai Master.

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Get it here for $49 (about R400). Remember, You Can’t Blog (or do anything for that matter) on an Empty Stomach.

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