A recipe for making a well-balanced cup of holiday cocoa from scratch, using white and dark chocolate, cocoa powder, malted milk powder, and other ingredients.
Drinks
Homemade Ginger Ale
This homemade ginger ale has bite! Wow! And it sparkles. It’s refreshing and different. It’d make a great cocktail base, but I love is as-is.
Tropical Citrus Blast Smoothie
This Tropical Citrus Blast Smoothie: fresh ginger and bright, flavorful fruits: pineapple, lemon, banana. Easy, but hardly ordinary.
Golden Ginger Cocktail: Sublime!
This recipe for a Golden Ginger Cocktail was sleuthed from one served at Chicago’s “Theater on the Lake.” It’s super crafty.
Spiced Rum Sour
This rum sour has a complex, rich depth of flavor. You initially get the rum and a flush of sweetness, but then you lose yourself in warm, West Indies spices. The texture – due not only to the egg white, but to the rich, 1:1 syrup – is downright luxurious. This recipe comes from Blue […]
A Handcrafted Pumpkin Spice Latte
This homemade Pumpkin Latte is filled not only with pumpkin spice, but actual pumpkin. You won’t find its like in a coffeehouse: it’s true comfort food.
Latte Corretto
“Latte Corretto” is a term I invented to describe what happens when you add steamed milk to a caffè corretto. I came upon the idea when I was gifted a box of Anthon Berg Chocolate Liqueurs.
Grapefruit-Lime White Wine Spritzer
Is the Grapefruit-Lime White Wine Spritzer the comfort food of cocktails? I think so. It’s gratifying and satisfying, and on a hot, humid day, you just want to curl up around an ice-cold glassful. Such a simple and easy recipe for such a fantastic drink!
Simple Sangria from Leftover Wine
It’s easy to make a simple sangria from leftover wine. Even though it may be somewhat improvised, with a little bit of know-how, you can have it wind up fruity and delicious. Most of what you need you probably already have.