Until very recently I would have considered myself somewhat of a kitchen knife snob.  I liked knives by Wusthof and Shun.  This is easy to say when you have gotten great knives as gift, but it is another thing when you have to buy your own.   When I was in the market and began to shop one brand of knife performed without the price.

And so for 1/8 of the price of the competition I thought it was worth a try. I bought the 10″ Forschner Fibrox Chef Knife.

Its a great knife that cuts as well, if not better, than the other brands and if I ever need a new one its only $18!!!

I’m no longer a kitchen knife snob, but I will not give up my pocket knife… Benchmade is the only way to go.

I’ve never claimed to know anything about marketing, but will occasionally notice when it works on me.  For example, Caribou has $1 medium coffees on Monday mornings.   This may not work on me if I had to get out of my car or pull off the road to go to a drive thru, but I work at a place that has a Caribou that I have to walk right by everyday.  Anyways, this is a pretty good deal. The problem is that it allows me to, almost every Monday; see how convenient it is to buy coffee rather than make it at.  I had no problem passing up Caribou until I broke down for the first time and bought coffee on a Monday morning. The main problem with this is that I find myself tempted, but resisting, the urge to spend a little more and get an Americano or buy on the other days of the week.  They give you a taste of “the good life” and know that you will be tempted to push your limits a little to buy a little more or a little more often in hopes that you don’t even notice what you are doing.

You can read the whole New York Times article here.

“True” Tequila is made from 100% agave, distilled and bottled in Mexico and has three major categories:

• Blanco -  not aged at all, its distilled and bottled
• Reposado- Distilled and aged in oak barrels any where from 2 months to 1 year. This gives it an slight oaky flavor but stills allows you to taste the agave.
• Anjeo – Distill and aged over a year.  This gives the Tequila a slightly more oaky flavor.

Based on the waiters recommendation we tried Sauza Tres Generaciones Reposado.  The waiter said that it would be smooth, which I didn’t understand until I tried it.  It was very smooth and very good.  I love having the opportunity to learn new things from people that know and then trying out what learned to see if I can identity what I learned.   Sometimes you just have to ask for the education and you will get a good one.