TIP OF THE DAY: Have A Wheat Beer Tasting

Summertime and the livin’ is easy—with a refreshing wheat beer. Photo of German Weizenbier by Ukko | Wikimedia.   In the heat of the summer, few people want to drink a full-bodied beer (except in a chocolate stout beer float). Summer beers have been brewed for centuries, pioneered by Belgian and German brewers. Recipes were…
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PRODUCT: Activate Workout Vitamin Drink

We generally don’t review sports drinks and vitamin drinks. It’s not our sweet spot; we focus on beverages that are delicious. We’ve tried a few vitamin water drinks over the years, where either a tablet or a powder is added to a bottle of water immediately before consumption. Every one we tried tasted, well, yucky.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Grill Extra Steak

Steak salad: our favorite way to enjoy leftover steak or other grilled meat on a hot summer day. Photo and recipe courtesy McCormick.com.   When you’re grilling steak, lamb, pork or chicken, grill enough meat to enjoy in a cold salad the next day. For example, the recipe below, for a balsamic-marinated steak salad, was…
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