by Brian | Jun 4, 2016 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Ooops. Ya gotta be careful. Adding Prosecco as the last ingredient here has alcohol hitting sugar and you can generate foam. But I found it fun to let my tongue tangle in those bubbles and occasionally some foam would wander up my nose. I did not care. This drink...
by Brian | Aug 13, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
In 1989 Joan and Carl Stromquist published Santa Fe Recipe, a collection of 299 recipes from 30 of the wonderful restaurants that make Santa Fe, then and now, a culinary center of distinction. In the next decade, Joan, and sometimes Carl, went on to write nine more...
by Brian | Jul 12, 2015 | Agua Fresca, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Yes, this is the same picture as yesterday. And it’s the same watermelon and cucumber agua fresca made with no water added — all the liquid comes from your blender munching away on the watermelon and cucumber. That’s the daytime beverage. At night,...
by Brian | Jul 11, 2015 | Agua Fresca, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
As much as I love my lemonade, I do seek variety in my private beverage life. For the past two summers, for your enjoyment and mine I’ve suggested agua frescas, which can be made in infinite, delicious variety. Suzen loves watermelon but even she cannot down a...
by Brian | Oct 3, 2014 | Recipes
The leaves are yellow now. As yellow as that watermelon in the background. Before the leaves are gone, before the last watermelons disappear, before the mint blackens in that first frost, this is a recipe to capture the last lights of summer. This gazpacho is best...
