Category Archives: The Wednesday Tipple
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – An Arabian Nights Feast – Moroccan Chicken Tagine with Lemons, Cous Cous with Pomegranates and Green Salad with Oranges
“It may well have been the most depressing day of my entire life,†said the woman to her friend sitting next to me while water bubbled around our feet and manicurists took up their pumice stones and files with sadomasochistic … Continue reading
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Tagged chick peas, chicken, cinnamon, cous cous, cumin, epiphany, ginger, greek salad, orange, pomegranate, romance, salad, turmeric
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The Wednesday Tipple – Rose Pink Champagne and Flatbread “pizzasâ€
It’s official. Grace is in love. It happened just before midnight when Alex, guy she picked up in the park back in the summer, said it first. Continue reading
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Tagged apricot, champagne, cherry tomatoes, feta, flatbread, goats cheese, Grace, honey, olives, pink champagne, rose water, zatar
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The Wednesday Tipple – Brandy and Clementine cake with the in-laws
Christmas is a compromise. I have family in London and Wigan and Shropshire. Jon has family in Scotland, in Surrey, and Worcestershire. And this year, his mum and dad rented a house in Somerset for a party, so that went … Continue reading
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Tagged almonds, baking, brandy, cake, Christmas, clementine, Cluedo, tangerine
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The Wednesday Tipple – Post Carol Concert Mulled Wine and White Chocolate Chip Brownies
I love a good carol concert. I love to sing in one and I love to listen to one. I want descants and cheesy bell music. I want Winter Wonderland and Most Wonderful Time of the Year. But I … Continue reading
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Tagged brownies, carol concert, chocolate, chocolate chip, Christmas, cocktail, holiday party, mulled wine, orange juice, spices
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The Wednesday Tipple – Tree Trimming Punch (and vanilla star cookies)
Walking home from choir through midtown I pass a veritable forest of Christmas trees. Some, like the one at Rockefeller that presides over the skaters and the shoppers, are a joyful cacophony of light and sparkle. Others, guarding the banks … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, apple cider, apple juice, biscuit, Christmas, Christmas tree, cinnamon, cocktail, cookie, holiday party, tree trimming, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple – Well behaved Lychee Martinis (with edamame) in preparation for Sneak Like A Ninja Day
I’ve been perfecting my lychee martini recipe in anticipation on Sneak Like A Ninja Day, which, of course, I’m sure we’re all celebrating on December 5th. It’s one of my favorite parties of the year – lychee martinis, sushi for … Continue reading
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Tagged edamame, edible flowers, Grace, lychee, martini, ninja, sneak like a ninja, vodka
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The Wednesday tipple – Vanilla Vodka Hot Chocolate for fortification against the cold while watching the inflation of giant balloons
The thing that astonishes me about Thanksgiving is how quickly something becomes a tradition. This will be my 5th celebration of the holiday, my 3rd in New York, and already there are things I have to do otherwise it just … Continue reading
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Tagged balloons, chocolate, cinnamon, Dora the Explorer, honey, hot chocolate, milk, Parade, Thanksgiving, vanilla vodka, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple – white cranberry cosmopolitans (with baked camembert and homemade cranberry sauce) to cheer up a friend who dated a turkey
“I wouldn’t say it was a good date, really. No.†said friend Sara as we sloshed the white cranberry juice into the shaker. Sara, you may recall, has been taking positive action since discovering herself to be in the middle … Continue reading
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Tagged camembert, cheese, Christmas, cocktail, cointreau, cosmopolitan, cranberry, cranberry juice, food, online dating, recipe, Sara, Thanksgiving, turkey, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple – Spiced Cranberry Apple Cooler (with endive autumn salad)
Jon, returning from 3 hours of art class drawing naked middle aged models was tired and in need of succor. Since the building water tank has just been cleaned and the water is currently gurgling coffee-colored spume into the sink, … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, Autumn, canape, cinnamon, cocktail, cranberry, endive, fall, nude model, recipe, salad, vegetable box
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