Pimms Hot Spiced Cider
Sipping on gin and juice takes on new meaning with this surprisingly delicious and simple winter warmer made with spiced apple cider and Pimms No 1. Leftovers of a different sort, wherein I root...
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Leftover cornbread seasoned with a bit of chile powder and cumin and pan fried until crispy, farm fresh eggs, roasted green chilies, and sharp cheddar cheese. More of a suggestion than a recipe: an...
View Articlesliced and slow roasted rosemary potatoes
Sliced and Slow Roasted Rosemary Potatoes Roast these deliciously easy potatoes low and slow for the first 15-20 minutes while assembling the rest of your meal and then pull them out, flip them over...
View ArticleCrispy Collard Green Caesar Salad
According to the CDC’s latest report on powerhouse fruits and vegetables both Romaine lettuce and Collard greens are top ten veggies. Better for you than Kale. This riff on the classic Caesar has zing...
View ArticleMy Sherry Amore: Pink Grapefruit and Vodka Sour
My Sherry Amore: Pink Grapefruit and Vodka Sour This cocktail is dangerous, so smooth you hardly notice the booze. Inspired by a Pisco Sour with Vodka for kick, Sherry for a hint of herbaceous wine,...
View ArticleGravy: a very short story
Fiction Friday kicks off with this very short story. gravy |ˈɡrāvē| noun (plural gravies) 1 a sauce made from cooked meat juices together with stock and other ingredients. • the fat and juices exuding...
View ArticleFilo: a fairy tale of sorts
Filo: a fairy tale of sorts Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who had a real taste for Baklava, she ate it for breakfast and tea, with lunch, and often for dinner. She loved the way the...
View ArticleCrisp Oatmeal Scotchies- the ultimate butterscotch comfort cookie
Crisp Oatmeal Scotchies I was awoken last night by a sprite, a faerie with short spiky hair and sugar flecked wings. Small and persistent like a mosquito, she said she had a craving for cookies. “I’m...
View Articlehard ginger beer and apple cider shandy
Consider the apple. Pale flesh, vibrant skin, a star of cyanide at the core. Varied yet universal. An apt metaphor for both desire and innocence— hard, wholesome, tart, sweet. Consider the apple and...
View Articlea holiday rum negroni for our inner surfer
The Journey To and From: A holiday rum negroni for our inner surfer Do you know how many weird and not terrible but not particularly inspiring Campari drinks I had to consume just to get one worth...
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