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By Brian Hunsaker, posted July 2, 2009, at 12:00 pm 
If you don’t know the name Mauricio (Tony) Harion, you soon will. He is the brilliant mind behind what has to be one of the best drinking games I have ever seen. As a product design student hailing from Belo Horizonte, Brazil he created the ultimate mash-up with the Enigma – Battleship Bar Game. I think we all get he concept here. When one of your “ships” is hit you have to take a shot, what better way to fight for control of the seas. Hit the link to see more pictures.
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Continue reading Best misuse of a Hasbro property ever! It’s Enigma
By Brian Hunsaker, posted June 15, 2009, at 3:00 pm 
Ever dream of raising a colony of nuclear powered mutant super bees? You have to start somewhere, and why not with a Beginner Beekeeping Kit. I am certainly no stranger to hobbies (I have several hundred, need chainmail, no problem) and I defiantly love honey, but the idea of having hundreds of swarming bees (ok beekeepers I know that bees are least likely to sting during a swarm but suspend disbelief) in my backyard is a little extreme even by my standards. But wouldn’t it be nice to lure your enemies over with the offer of drinks only to trap them in your apiary of death? Hit the link for info.
Continue reading Impress or kill your friends, either way have fun, with backyard beekeeping
By Brian Hunsaker, posted June 12, 2009, at 3:00 pm 
Israeli cuisine is extremely diverse being comprised of foods brought by Jewish immigrants from all parts of the world. There are however two main avenues that Israeli food tends to follow, those of the Jews originating from the Middle East and those from the immigrants from Europe and the West. It’s the food from the first group, with its roots in the Arab world that have inspired the menu at a new eatery Naf Naf Grill in Naperville, Illinois. Continue on for the review.
Continue reading Global Eats: Israel, Naf Naf Grill (Naperville, Illinois)
By Brian Hunsaker, posted June 11, 2009, at 7:00 pm 
Peppermill that is! If there is one spice in the kitchen that Katt and I can agree should belong in just about every meal, its’ pepper. As a matter of fact on one of the very first dates Katt and I ever went on I actually stole a pepper mill. It occurred while at a restaurant in Las Vegas, the pepper mill on the table worked so well that it left when we did. It continued to serve us well on the remainder of the trip. Many dates and pepper grinds later Katt and I needed a new mill, something that would hold up to the demands of a high pepper use household and some serious au poivre action. All of our research and testing lead us to one grinder, the Magnum by Unicorn Peppermills. Hit the jump for the full run down.
Continue reading Have an axe to grind with pepper? Try a Unicorn
By Brian Hunsaker, posted June 10, 2009, at 3:00 pm 
If your idea of a good German restaurant requires Oom-pah music, lederhosen, musty old dark wood, and more dead animals than live people then the Bavarian Lodge in Lisle, Illinois may not be the restaurant for you. If however you are in the mood for some good German food and an incredible beer selection then read on.
Continue reading Bavarian Lodge (Lisle, Illinois)
By Brian Hunsaker, posted June 6, 2009, at 6:00 pm 
After being told on many occasions by Katt that the barbecue sauce I was using was wrong (it was ketchup based) I started to believe she may be right. Don’t get me wrong I still like my red BBQ sauce but Katt won’t go near the stuff. This sent me on a journey to make some homemade Carolina style BBQ sauce since in the Chicagoland area there just isn’t any to come by. After several weeks of trying, some hits and some misses, I finally came up with a sauce that is my Yankee interpretation of a mustard based Carolina style BBQ sauce. I am calling this sauce round 1 since I think there is still room for improvement but this is a good start. Hit the jump for the recipe.
Continue reading BBQ Sauce: Carolina Style
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We're Getting the Band Back Together
Wow, what a year! So many things have happened since last we posted here at Flavourgasmic. In the coming weeks and months Flavourgasmic is coming back! We are going to bring you cheese making, bread baking, new kitchen gadgets, more restaurant reviews, more foods in cans, wedding planning, and hopefully some good times and better food! I am also planning a new weekly column on how I learned to stop worrying and love scary ingreidents. Thanks for keeping up and I can’t wait to share what we are cooking. Look forward to hearing from you all soon.