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Gadget/Food and Drink: Tailgater Dual Tank Backpack

Its never too early to gear up for football season, thats why we're bringing you the Tailgater Dual Tank Drink Dispenser. The backpack holds 210oz of liquid (rougly 17 beers!) and comes with two spouts to two different tanks. So one could be, oh, say, Coca-Cola and the other could be rum, whiskey, whatever the mood may call for. Click HERE for more info and to purchase ($39.95).

Food and Drink: Gadget Under $50 - Cuisinart OmniPanel Versatile Grilling Platter

If you're tired of the same old cookout fare, try this grill panel to cook up something new. Use the cedar plank to grill your fish and the pizza stone to create homemade versions. The creative grilling potential is limitless and you're friends are sure to be impressed with Emeril-esque professionalism too. Click HERE for more info on this $29.99 gadget that rocks! Also, another great idea for Dad!

Food and Drink: Tabasco Family Reserve

There's tabasco sauce...and then there's THIS tabasco sauce; the Family Reserve. The peppers are hand-picked by McIlhenny Family members, and are aged for 8 years before being blended with white-wine vinegar. The sauce comes bottled in a familiar bottle, but with a few twists; the cap is sealed with green wax (maker's mark style) and a pendant of authenticity comes wrapped around the neck. Click HERE for more information and to purchase ($25).

Food and Drink: Gadget - Coffee Joulies

Coffee Joulies are about to be your new coffee drinking bff. First, they absorb extra thermal energy in your coffee when it is too hot, cooling it down to a drinkable temperature three times faster. Next, they release that stored energy back into your coffee keeping it in the right temperature range twice as long. So basically, you'll have warm coffee during your commute and right into your busy work day too. Click HERE for more information on this amazing gadget!

Food and Drink: Stuffed Hamburger Press

We all know we'll be throwing burgers on the grill quite often this summer, so why not change it up with the Stuffed Burger Press. Throw in some cheese, jalapenos, chilis, or whatever your heart desires, flip the press, and grill it up. Your guests will love it! Click HERE for more information or to purchase ($12).

Food and Drink: Books - Ultimate Bar Book

Ultimate Bar Book is the first and only guide to classic and new drink recipes. Loaded with essential-to-know topics such as barware, tools, and mixing tips, this book has it all. Illustrations show precisely what type of glass should be used for each drink. With dozens of recipes for garnishes, rims, infusions, and syrups; punches, gelatin shooters, hot drinks, and non-alcoholic beverages. And, let's not forget, it has an essential selection of hangover remedies too. Yep, Ultimate Bar Book is nothing short of top-shelf. Click HERE to order this under $20 beaut.

Food and Drink: Books - Italian Grill by Mario Batali

Easy to use and filled with simple recipes, Mario Batali's new grilling handbook takes the mystery out of making tasty, simple, smoky Italian food. In addition to the eighty recipes and the sixty full-color photographs, Italian Grill includes helpful information on different heat-source options, grilling techniques, and essential equipment. As in Molto Italiano, Batali's distinctive voice provides a historical and cultural perspective as well. Click HERE to order it for under $15.

Kitchen/Food and Drink: Recycled Bottle Shot Glasses

We've already shown you how to turn your old beer bottles into glasses HERE. If you want the look of the recycled bottle glasses, but don't have the time to make them yourself (or you don't want to risk burning your apartment down) then Dean Wolf in Austin, TX has you covered. He takes recycled glass water bottles, cuts them and blows them into shot glasses! Click HERE for more info or to purchase ($20).

Food and Drink: Recipe - Men's Health Ultimate Power Smoothie

Ingredients:

1/2 tbsp peanut butter

1 banana

1/2 cup milk

1/4 cup orange juice

1/2 cup Greek style yogurt

1 tbsp vanilla or chocolate flavored protein powder

1 tbsp unflavored psyllium husk (fiber powder)

1 tbsp ground flaxseed

3 or 4 ice cubes

 

Directions:

Blend all ingredients until smooth.

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Food and Drink: Recipe - Thomas Keller's Grilled Cheese

Thomas Keller, one of the world's best chefs, makes the best grilled cheese you've ever tasted!

 

Ingredients:

1 or 2 jalapeno peppers

1 red bell pepper

Butter, softened at room temperature

4 slices brioche, whole wheat, or sourdough bread (3/4" thick)

8 slices Monterey Jack

8 slices Cheddar

 

Directions:

1. Fill a bowl with ice water. Place the peppers on a metal baking sheet, and fire up a small butane torch (we like the Weller Table Top butane torch; $24, sears.com) until the flame burns blue. Carefully blister the skins of the peppers with the blowtorch, turning them with a fork as you work.

2. Pull on a pair of plastic gloves and plunge the peppers into the ice water for a few seconds. Remove them and rub off their skins. Then halve them lengthwise, remove the seeds, and chop them.

3. Heat a cast-iron skillet on medium. For each sandwich, liberally butter both sides of two bread slices. Place two slices of Monterey Jack on one piece of bread; add a heaping tablespoon of the pepper mixture in the middle. Place two slices of Cheddar on the other piece of bread, and put the bread slices together.

4. Place the sandwiches in the skillet over medium heat, and cook until the bread is golden brown and the cheeses melt together, 3 to 5 minutes a side. Cut them in half diagonally and serve with beer. Makes 2 servings

Click HERE for more info on Thomas Keller and to print recipe