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Be Your Own Barista: the Art of Spiced Coffee
Vietnamese-Style Spiced Coffee Coffee was one of those things I always wished I liked but didn’t. Many foods once fell into that category: sushi, beer, olives, wine. I got over my sushi phobia when I...
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The Ultimate Sweet-&-Sour Experience
Balsamic-Pomegranate Cherries One of my favorite “sneak” ingredients is pomegranate molasses*. I say “sneak” because it isn’t very well-known outside of Middle Eastern/ Mediterranean cookery, yet its...
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Enriching Your Wallet and Your Health
Lemon-Basil Water Ounce for ounce, we spend a LOT more on beverages than we do on food. And I’m not even talking about alcoholic beverages. I’m talking about bottled water, bottled tea, bottled juice,...
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Turning Milkshakes into Health Food, One Glass at a Time
Chocolate Crème Fraîche Milkshake I’ve written about crème fraîche in the past — it’s far too lovely not to write about! — but usually within the context of serving a dollop of the velvety cultured...
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Quaffing the Holiday Nog
Homemade Eggnog Happy holidays, everybody! In the spirit of the season, I’d like to share a recipe for homemade eggnog. It’s gorgeously rich and creamy and has just a hint of sweetness. Please note,...
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Be Your Own Barista
Café Mocha Ever since I went to Spain last year, I’ve started to enjoy the occasional cup of coffee. Turns out the reason I didn’t like coffee before going to Spain was that I had only had bitter,...
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An Antidote for Rainy, Cold Spring Days
Pumpkin-Laced Hot Chocolate While I’m looking forward to the spring flowers that our April showers will bring, I’m still in full-on winter mode in terms of wanting hot beverages. How can your mind not...
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Instant Sweet/Tart Shrubs
Quick Summer Shrubs Shrubs are more than lawn decorations — they’re drinks, too. Specifically, they’re sweet/sour drinks harkening back to colonial American days, long before the advent of...
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The Ultimate Green Tea Treat
Coconut Matcha Shake Ever heard of matcha? It’s powdered green tea that’s a specialty of Japan, usually presented and served during an elaborate tea ceremony. The ultra-fine green powder is whisked...
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DIY Refreshment: Red Wine Spritzers
Summertime Red Wine Spritzer While I don’t claim to be a bartender or mixologist, once in a while it’s fun to play with adult beverage ideas. (Although I remain a fan of unadorned Old World dry reds....
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Summertime Hot Chocolate
Coconut Hot Chocolate Want to make seasonally appropriate hot chocolate in the summertime? (Because hey, we can always use an excuse to enjoy chocolate…) Try making it with whole coconut milk. To make...
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Drinkable Pumpkins
Pumpkin Milkshake Are you a fan of pumpkin lattes? Pumpkin pie? Do you have a hankering for pumpkin ice cream at this time of year? If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, you’d enjoy a...
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Classic DIY Eggnog
Holiday Eggnog Although I’m a make-it-from-scratch kind of girl, even I will admit that some things are easier to buy than make: pasta, for example, or mustard (without any sugar added, which can be...
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Waking Up with a Cold Brew (That Would Be Coffee…)
Cold-Brew Coffee with Cardamom Ever tried cold-brewed coffee? It’s richer in flavor, typically higher in caffeine, and frankly, much easier to make. And contrary to what the name may seem to imply, you...
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Another Way to Enjoy Chocolate: As Tea!
Chocolate Tea Ever since I got my milk frother, I’ve been trying to figure out more fun drinks that would benefit from being topped with foamy milk. Coffee is an obvious one; tea is a close second. Hot...
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Fizzy & Creamy with a Hint of Caffeine: Coffee Sodas
Coffee Cream Soda You know something has gone mainstream when it moves from being found only in indie settings to becoming a multinational corporate product. Such is the case with cold-brewed coffee:...
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Drinkable Spain: Homemade Horchata
Brown Rice & Almond Horchata Depending on where you are in the world, horchata may be a rice-based drink, an almond-based drink, or one made of tiger nuts (also called chufa). Usually, along with...
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Got a Frother? Make a Craft Latte!
Sesame Latte If you’re a fan of craft cocktails and craft beer, you’re probably into the idea of craft coffee. If you’re into craft coffee and you have your own milk frother, you’re in luck, because...
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