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Posts from the ‘Beverages’ Category

15 go-to cocktails: Kir

I would like to live in Paris. Even here. I mean – actually living in the physical location of Paris would be nice, certainly; but I mean more that I would like to live like I’d live in Paris. Or least how Paris seemed to me, when we were there last spring.  Afternoon cafe visits, walking anywhere almost no matter the distance, leisurely lunches with wine, a break from the rest of life on Sundays when everything in closed and things move more slowly.  We came back thinking we’d try to incorporate this lifestyle into our little Claremont life; how hard could that be? We have cafes with tables outside, we have wine bars with nibbles for after-work relaxation, we have parks and botanic gardens for walking … but in reality, the only thing we’ve kept up with is beer or wine at lunch on the weekends (big surprise). Read more

15 Go-To Cocktails: Gin or vodka Tonic

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It feels a little funny to put a cocktail recipe so simple on the site, but in building a list of go-to cocktails there’s no way I could skip a gin or vodka and tonic.

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15 Go-To Cocktails: Gimlet

My uneasiness with Sundays is somewhat well-documented here, but starting the evening with one of these certainly seemed to calm my nerves a bit.

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Cranberry liqueur

Finished

We first made cranberry liqueur back in 2010, as part of the collection of holiday treats we make and give out each year. This has been a pretty popular post over the years, but the photographs and recipe deserved a little sprucing up – so here it is, in better form.

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Holiday treats 2010

A few people have asked for a recap of this year’s Christmas cookie boxes and other gifts, and particulary because we discovered some great new additions this year, I thought I’d include a little inventory here. This year we made treat boxes, two kinds of liqueur, and a slightly sweeter version of our everyday (everyweek, everymonth, everymorning) granola. Read more