water tower gimlet

water tower gimlet

Call me old fashioned but I still like the feel of the pages of a book in my hands; still love turning the pages; still love random slips of paper tucked in as impromptu bookmarks.  But I have to admit, I haven’t been reading as much the last few years. In fact,...
rhubarb-fennel gin cocktail

rhubarb-fennel gin cocktail

Given the choice of all the summer fruits – berries and apricots; watermelon and peaches – I can say that rhubarb wouldn’t even be in my top ten. It’s close to the top of the list for the Hubs though so I find myself with big plants in the garden that...
diy ginger beer

diy ginger beer

Apparently I’m on a fermentation kick. My last post was on homemade sauerkraut for those homemade bratwursts my hubbie had made and what else is a crucial part of summer? Well, for me, that would be an icy cold Dark & Stormy. Like I also mentioned in my last post,...
cleanse cocktails part two

cleanse cocktails part two

While I was in the midst of the Bon Appétit Food Lover’s Cleanse a couple weeks ago I had written about one of the cocktails they had included with the plan (really – how can you not like a cleanse that builds in cocktails?) – the Winter’s Revival....
cleanse cocktail

cleanse cocktail

Cleanse cocktail? Isn’t that an oxymoron? It conjured up visions of a drink that would include kale and vinegar with maybe some cayenne and garlic and that would involve plugging my nose to gag down. Boy was I happily surprised when I scanned the ingredients and...