Special drinks always give a party a little extra festivity, whether your guests are adults or children. Here are some delicious non-alcoholic drinks that would be tasty additions to either kind of summer party. The ginger-orange juice is not only colorful and peppy, it’s the best thing to drink if you have a summer cold. (Ginger is such an efficacious food; you can almost feel it sliding down the gullet and immediately putting things right.) A mango lassi is more […]
I’ve always been a fan of the Bloody Maria, the Mexican version of a Bloody Mary that is made with tequila instead of vodka. Last weekend I decided to make a hybrid of the two, combining the spicy flavors of a Bloody Maria – jalapeno and red onion –with vodka and a base of pureed fresh tomato juice. The resulting drink is the kind of beverage that will clear your sinuses – in a good way! Here’s a fun thing […]
This is a “where have you been all my life?” recipe. I’d never thought of putting two acidic fruits, such as tomatoes and strawberries together (yes, tomatoes are technically a fruit,) and my first reaction was “Eww.” It sounded like one of those recipes that we food bloggers do when we’re trying to create something original, and it doesn’t quite work. Well, this works. When you add raspberry vinaigrette mixed with sugar as the dressing, and some fresh mint to […]
I’m thrilled to have a recipe today from my good friend Jeremy Bernard, who knows a lot about hospitality. His recipe for chicken with rainbow chard is beyond delicious; we were all scraping our plates. Jeremy left the White House, where he was Social Secretary to President and Mrs. Obama, and well – I’ll just let Jeremy tell his own story: Having left my position as White House Social Secretary, I arrived back in California to the cool mornings and […]
Everyone’s on the matcha green tea bandwagon, and it really is a fresh, cleansing flavor that makes cooks want to put it into everything from Beef Wellington to strawberry cheesecake. Since it’s late on a Wednesday afternoon, I’m opting for a matcha cocktail, muddled with mint, bourbon, a little sugar, and a lot of ice. Very zen… Matcha Mint Julep
