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Cocoa: a recipe for winter solstice warmth
Tonight is the shortest night of the year, and the beginning of winter. I love the winter solstice. It’s a seasonal “holiday” based on rhythms of the earth, and I’ve become even more attuned to the...
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When a blog is incapacitated, and homemade soda recipes
Hello, dear friends. Oh, how I’ve missed visiting here. For some reason my blog became crippled, and the therapy needed to get it back on its feet was long and painful. But finally, at long last,...
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Cool beverage recipes for holiday weekend breakfast
North America is grilling up a storm this weekend. Between Canada Day (today) and the Independence Day weekend in the U.S., picnic tables will groan under the summer bounty. And my husband’s native...
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Book report – Super Natural Every Day, and a cucumber cooler
I’ve had a food crush on Heidi Swanson since the early days of blogging. Her 101 Cookbooks was one of the first blogs I subscribed to. I love the narrative, and the misty photos that capture the San...
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Poached egg recipe, perfect for brunch
A couple weeks back, Lauro and I went to a brunch hosted by the good people and great cooks behind Sunday Dinner Club in tandem with The Butcher & Larder. Meat was on the menu, for sure. Because...
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Strawberry shrub soda, and other homemade soda recipes
by Janine MacLachlan Just in time for our nation’s red-white-and-blue holiday, I have a ruby-red bevvy suitable for flag waving. And yes, it’s also good with vodka. Delicious either way. It’s a fizzy...
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Christmas morning peppermint shake
Christmas morning is for indulgence – it’s just the right thing to do, yes? Every Christmas I make a sweet morning surprise, like last year’s panettone French toast, or Maria’s marvelous saffron...
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Templeton Rye Manhattan: a cocktail recipe for warmth
My Uncle Tom was known for mixing a wicked pitcher of Manhattans. When I was little, we’d pile in the car to spend the weekend with our cousins for the most fun kinds of slumber party. The adults...
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Fresh-juiced bloody mary with cilantro oil = brunch splendidness
When I was traveling to research Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland, I fell in love with tomatoes all over again. As a child, late summer meant toasted mayo-smeared tomato sandwiches on Spatz Bread,...
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Whiskey sour: a frothy cocktail for any occasion
A whiskey sour is just as delicious shaken in a mason jar. My cocktail shaker is the most popular guest at my gatherings, and thus it is often occupied when I’m ready for a beverage (hello,...
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