I’m helping with Thanksgiving dinner this year. I don’t know if your family holidays are like mine, but ours usually start with an afternoon dinner and stretch far into the evening. My family are not drinkers. If they were, I’d serve this at that moment when a few brave souls start recovering from the meal [...]
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I’ve been waiting months and months for this. It’s finally peach season in Utah. In case you didn’t know: Utah has great peaches. Growing up in Idaho, people would often trek 3+ hours south to bring home boxes of fresh Utah Peaches. It was always a special treat to get a mouthful of soft, sugary [...]
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I’ve been using a lot of basil lately. It’s in season, you know. And this year I’m growing my own. There’s nothing like going outside to pick fresh herbs for a cocktail made with fresh fruit. If only I lived in California and could also pick my own citrus. But I digress. This is a [...]
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Don’t you just love summer? Let’s all take a moment just now for a long happy summer sigh. Ahhh… it’s summer. Now get me a drink, I say! Have you had a Pimm’s cup? It’s long been a staple drink at outdoor sporting events in England. It’s so refreshing and English-tasting. And it’s such a [...]
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One of my go-to drinks is a Fitzgerald. It was created by Dale DeGroff. I’ve learned nearly everything I know about making cocktails from his book, The Craft of the Cocktail. But another post on that later. The Fitzsimmons is a variation I created using St. Germain elderflower liqueur. One of the best cocktails I’ve [...]
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