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Jerked awake at 5 after some terrible dreams that just made me depressed once I was awake and got me started off on the wrong foot for the whole day. On the brink of tears all morning and blah, blah….
I’m not exactly sure how to go about talking about my day or writing out loud, so I guess I’ll just start with the day itself. The Day I actually gave a fair amount of thought to how I wanted…
I don’t even know how to begin this post. Well, that’s not exactly true. I could post a picture of my latest cocktail that inspired all this post. So, yeah, let’s do that. The story behind this drink: this is…
What with Thanksgiving coming up, I figured that it was time for something tart and loaded with cranberries. I’ve made this particular upside-cake before, though always in a regular 9–inch cake pan. The recipe I found today (courtesy of David…
So I’ve set myself this . . . well, I hesitate to say “goal,” because then it sounds as if I’ve got nothing better to do with my time than sit around thinking about booze. But since I do a…
After a reader mentioned now understanding what Parfait d’Amour was, I realized that I wasn’t clear about the distinction between it and, say, Creme de Yvette. So I decided to do a little taste test and here’s the scope: not all…
Had a load of lovely fresh-picked apples from the local CSA and so had NO excuse not to make this. I’ve made this cake before, with equally spectacular results. This isn’t much to look at–no fancy ganaches or glaze or…
We’re not usually a two-cocktail-a-week couple, but the husband had a hankering. So I took a chance on a kind of out-there cocktail, The Jupiter. If you like gin and dry vermouth with a floral whisper, this is the drink…
The recipe calls for fresh grapefruit juice, and I asked the husband to bring home a small jug. He showed up with ruby red grapefuit juice, and I’m, like . . . oh-kaaay. The result was okay, though, and here’s…
One thing about living on a mountain: sometimes you really, really don’t ever want to come down. For me, it’s because it’s so much cooler, as much as ten degrees, and when there are clouds and a little rain and…