The Wednesday Tipple – Singapore Slings
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Tagged Benedictine, cherry brandy, Cherry Heering, cocktail, cointreau, gin, grenadine, mint, pineapple juice, Singapore Sling
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The Monday Treat – Double chocolate chip brownies for Labor Day, and the end of white
In the movie Serial Mom, staring Kathleen Turner as a suburban killer, she notices a woman committing the social faux pas of wearing white shoes after Labor Day. Now, this is a bit of a spoiler alert, not a very dramatic one, but just so you know …
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Tagged baking, bbq, brownies, chocolate, easy, labor day, summer, vegetarian, white chocolate
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – butterflied herb chicken and roasted corn salad for the last BBQ of summer
Labor Day is almost upon us, and it feels like the crossroads of the seasons; Summer just behind us, Fall just ahead. My favorite fruit stall at the Union Square Farmer’s Market is right on the thematic money, with peaches and nectarines on one side, apples on the other.
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Tagged bbq, butterflied chicken, chicken, corn, grilling, herbs, party, rosemary, summer, tomatoes
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The Wednesday Tipple – Lemon Granita Fizz
A moment of pride here: I’m pretty pleased with this no fuss granita method, which has got me through yet another summer of ice cream machine envy. Because really, if you live in a Manhattan apartment where you store your le creuset under your bed, and your serving platters on your bookcase, it’s hard to justify buying hardware that only does one thing.
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Tagged champagne, cocktail, gin, granita, ice, lemon, prosecco, summer
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The Monday Treat – Blueberry Olive Oil Lemon Cake
Big News from my friend Rachel who bounded into choir rehearsal with a huge smile on her face and a huge diamond on her finger. Graham had proposed. Excitement. Squealing.
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Tagged baking, blueberry, cake, eggs, lemon, olive oil, summer, vegetarian
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – lobster rolls, superstitions and summer affirmations
This fascinating nugget of information comes via a local news sheet that I picked up on a weekend holiday in Rockport: Bananas are terrible terrible luck on lobster boats.
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Tagged celery, lobster, lobster roll, sandwich, scallion, summer
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The Wednesday Tipple – Dark and Stormys and Sharks
It was Shark Week, so we marked the occasion by watching Jaws, which, in case you haven’t seen it since you were a kid, has lost none of its terror. That is one bad-ass shark.
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Tagged dark and stormy, ginger, refreshing, rum, shark, summer
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The Monday Treat – Watermelon and Campari Sorbet while there’s still summer left to enjoy it
It’s a well known piece of folk wisdom that we should make hay while the sun shines. I like to amend this to “eat watermelon while the sun shines.” Philosophers may want to argue the toss, but it’s a pretty fair guess that summer will not be with us forever. Continue reading
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Tagged Campari, ice cream, sorbet, summer, treat, vegetarian, watermelon
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – roast chicken with 40 cloves of garlic – and a side order of wisdom
“Just older, not wiser,†was Alan’s take on turning 40, as we sat down to – what else – chicken with 40 cloves of garlic and a bottle of champagne. Continue reading
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The Wednesday Tipple – Headless Horsemen, and a Headless Woman
Walking down the midway at the Sussex County Fair, you could hardly fail to notice the booth containing the Headless Woman. Continue reading
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Tagged bitters, cocktail, ginger ale, headless horseman, headless woman, orange, State fair, summer, tipple, vodka
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