We enjoyed Rosé-Aperol Spritzes all summer and continue to serve them at our fall dinners. Everyone loves them.… Read more
FOOD AND DRINK
Posts about food and drinks and recipes.
Simple Syrup
Simple syrup is great for sweetening cold drinks, such as lemonade, iced tea or coffee. It also comes in handy when making cocktails, like this Rosé-Aperol Spritz.
It is much easier to sweeten cold drinks with simple syrup than with sugar. The syrup easily blends with liquids, unlike sugar, which sinks to the bottom of the glass and takes ages to dissolve.… Read more
New Cookbooks for 2017 Summer Entertaining
Summer offers numerous opportunities for entertaining, from picnics at the beach to backyard barbecues, from cocktail parties with little bites to potluck neighborhood dinners. I love looking at newly released cookbooks to get fresh ideas for summer entertaining. I’ve selected a few new cookbooks with recipes offering exotic flavor combinations, suggestions for using the unusual vegetables in our CSA baskets and tasty tidbits to serve our families and friends.… Read more
Negroni Cocktails
After reading Gabrielle Hamilton’s memoir, Blood, Bones and Butter, I have been craving some of the food and drink she writes about in her book. In the memoir she talks about drinking Negronis during her annual summer trips to Italy. It was only a matter of time (a very short amount of time in fact – I didn’t make it to “official” summer) before I made my first Negroni cocktail. It did not disappoint.… Read more
Greek Seasoned Roast Chicken
It has been an unusually cold spring and I have still been cooking a lot of cold-weather food. Like roasted chicken. I planned to post this recipe today, so Murphy’s Law took over. The temperatures soared and we are at the start of a heat wave! On to the chicken…… Read more