The first time I heard the term ‘shrub’ I thought the person was talking about vegetation. When talking about food and drink though, it turns out a shrub is an old method of preserving fruit juice. Mix fruit, sugar and vinegar for a syrupy concentrate you can mix with water. They remind me a lot [...]
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Raspberry shrub
Posted in Booze, Seasonal on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
LUPEC – it’s like a book club, but not really
Posted in Booze, Cocktails on July 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A few months ago I started noticing mentions of ‘LUPEC’ on Twitter. A lot of the food writers, bloggers and tweeters I follow were talking about it and I wanted to learn more. After some quick searching, I learned it was a club called “Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails.” According the founding [...]
Glögg
Posted in Booze, Christmas, Scandinavian, Wine on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seattle is filled with whiners. This summer when temperatures broke 100 degrees for over a week, they whined. This week, temperatures have barely risen above freezing during the day. And guess what? Seattleites are whining again. What am I doing? I’m drinking. OK. That didn’t sound quite right, but it is in fact what I [...]
Maraschino cherries
Posted in Booze, Cocktails, Fruit, Kitchen economy on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the winter of 2007, I saw a magazine cover that said “Homemade Maraschino Cherries.” I have been a Manhattan drinker for years and long ago eschewed those bright red abominations found on supermarket shelves. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVED those cherries as a kid. Especially if they were served in a Shirley Temple [...]
