Category: Drinks

Espresso Martinis are really happy now. I know this not because I am constantly on the pulse of cocktail culture and my social media feeds […]

Today, nine years ago, my partner and I went on a first date. Of course, at that time I did not know that it was […]

Since childhood, I have been drinking Diet Coke. In addition to the stomach-soothing ginger beer or Dr. Pepper (my special occasion diet soda) Diet Coke […]

Depending on how simple the coffee appears to be on its surface, there are many factors that will influence the perfect cup for your individual […]

It takes me ages to get ready, and I’m chronically late. I don’t like these two facts about me, but they are. It got to […]

With the advent of modern mixology, I understand why many people tend to find cocktails too complex and too difficult to reproduce at home. Between […]

While I will never say goodbye to cow’s milk forever, I find myself consuming different types of milk alternatives depending on the texture and flavor […]

When I was a kid, my dad had a sports bar that opened every day at 6 am. I have no idea how he became […]

There is a line from a poem by Eileen Miles that I scroll through my head: “Every season has cracks through which winter or fall […]

As my occasional New York nomad continues, this week I am staying at a hotel in Chinatown, right across from the Manhattan Bridge. The hotel […]

A French press is a valuable addition to any coffee lover’s kitchen. I’ve had my stainless steel press for over a decade – and it’s […]

No matter how efficient your ice making system is, at some point you will need to grab an ice pack for a party, meeting, or […]

I am currently sitting in the dining room of my friend’s apartment in Red Hook, at a stately and beautiful walnut table that has been […]

On Wednesday morning, I got into my rented car and drove from Montreal (where I live) to New York, recently deciding to dive into the […]

I don’t care about expensive coasters. Large, heavy, non-absorbent discs or squares may look nice, but my favorite is the free gifts I took from […]

These days, no matter how early I wake up, it seems to me that I cannot reach the material plane and become a functioning person […]

In his popular – albeit dubious and somewhat trite – 1980 novel Still Life with a Woodpecker, Tom Robbins prescribes the following three ways in […]

Let’s start with the obvious: There are many ways to brew your morning (or afternoon, or evening) coffee. Maybe you are already completely satisfied with […]

Congratulations. You have moved on to the drinking phase where you can confidently say that Negroni is one of your favorite cocktails. The path to […]

Simple syrup is great to have on hand when you want to make a cocktail at home, but buying it in the store seems wasteful […]

Peaches are a great source of horror for me. I am convinced that the last good peach I ate was eaten as a child, in […]

This is the time of summer when the heat can go from barely bearable to unbearably hot, and there is no respite. While most of […]

As a child, my siblings and I left our California home every two summers to visit relatives in Skopje, Macedonia. I remember when I was […]

I am, to quote my favorite show , the most exhausting I have ever been in my life. There is no real reason for this, […]

Whipping your own cream is not difficult, but it requires a certain amount of equipment, and that equipment requires washing, which makes whipping cream a […]

In recent days, you may have seen a new lemonade recipe popular on social media. It’s called whipped lemonade . It is made by whipping […]

Thanks to a very detailed and helpful explanation that was recently posted on this very site , I started brewing my own kombucha. As a […]

Tomato paste is a kitchen staple that adds vegan umami and depth to sauces, rice dishes, stews, and any seasonings or dressings you accidentally add […]

It’s hot outside … at least it was. I can’t keep track. I’m going to agree with you: this week has had a bad effect […]

A couple of weeks ago I picked a Hood strawberry flat . The hoods are cute, delicate and often go bad before you can handle […]

Fruit liqueurs don’t have the best reputation. As with flavored vodka, most of the options available for purchase are sugary and artificial. But homemade fruit […]

I’m not a big baker, so my favorite ways to ” use up ” a berry or two usually involves eating them with whipped cream […]

Apart from Bellini, there are not many well-known stone fruit cocktails. But peach and nectarine puree is very tasty, albeit a little viscous, and sparkling […]

When was the last time you had a super-tenacious rum? Most likely, it was either during the heady binge of Spring Break with the Recharge […]

Drinking on weekends is a little different from drinking on weekends. Whether you smoke that meat or chill out on the beach, you want the […]

If you are reading this, you probably already know that there is Kombucha, but you may not know what it is if you know what […]

For some reason, the words “shaking hands with the bartender” give me goosebumps. I don’t mind this concept – I really like the idea of […]

Last night, I invited a few vaccinated staff members to drink wine, eat pork, and shoot arrows with my new compound bow . Everything went […]

Last Monday night, I prepared a fully conscious, deliberate cocktail for someone else . Considering my boyfriend is sober and no one in my COVID […]

Even though I lived in Mississippi during the first part of my childhood (and came almost every year after we moved to California), I did […]