This is the drink for a Friday afternoon at the end of a long, hard week. (It’s also an excellent way to sneak alcohol into the movies. Just save your slushie cup. Not that I would ever do such an un-social-secretary-like thing.) A red wine slushie is a fabulous party cocktail. I think that if you showed up at a summer party with a big Ziploc bag full of red wine slushie – because that is the best method by […]

You may have heard of Switchel; it’s having somewhat of renaissance among the Brooklyn hipster set, or so I’ve been told. I don’t know many Brooklyn hipsters, so I can’t take an accurate poll to see if this is the case, but I did come across Up Mountain Switchel in the New York Times and thought it would be a great thing to try.   It’s an apple cider vinegar-ginger-molasses combination that is tart, light and refreshing. You can make your […]

Today is the first of three slightly-unorthodox drink recipes that I hope will wet your appetite for a Summer cocktail (pun intended!). The shrub can be made as either a cocktail or a mocktail, the latter of which is a lot like the best homemade strawberry soda you ever tasted, and perfect picnic fare. A shrub is a cooling colonial-era drink that was served by Martha Washington at Mount Vernon. The surprising ingredient is a dash of apple cider vinegar, […]