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Today I met Fergal Murray at a Guinness event in Kansas City. Murray is the brewmaster for Guinness' St. James Gate brewery in Dublin. Here is a picture that was taken after he signed my Guinness pint glass.

Here's a 1 Króna coin I found while moving recently. When I went to Iceland in 2008 this coin was worth as much as a penny, now it's worth about nine-tenths of a penny.

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A couple weeks ago I was invited to the release party for Boulevard Brewing Company's first collaboration beer. The Imperial Pilsner is a Smokestack Series beer that was brewed collaboratively by Boulevard and Orval's brewmasters. Here I am getting my picture taken with Steven Pauwels of Boulevard and Jean-Marie Rock of Orval.

Here's the recipe for my Bourbon Apricot Shrimp that I made for dinner tonight. For the sauce you'll need a cup of halved apricots, half a cup of bourbon, three tablespoons of crushed red pepper and 3 tablespoons of brown sugar. Put everything into a sauce pan and simmer for about 10 minutes. After the sauce cools pour it into a food processor and pulse until smooth. Prepare the shrimp in a pan with little butter or oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and then spoon sauce over the plated shrimp.

We spent the second weekend of September volunteering with the harvest at the Somerset Ridge Winery near Louisburg, Kansas.
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A couple of days ago we made a batch of ravioli from scratch. Half of the ravioli were filled with Serrano Ham and Parmesan Cheese while the rest were filled with Buffalo Chicken. I took a couple pictures:

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