One of the more enjoyable challenges of edible gardening is figuring out how to eat all the produce you grow. I have 48 square feet in my vegetable garden, plus a small herb garden, and the abundance can be overwhelming at times. Given the premium they charge at the store, I really had no idea…
Tag: cocktails
Egg nog all season long
I love egg nog. I look forward to the holidays just for the opportunity to drink egg nog and be merry. I even love it in coffee. I learned this great easy recipe from NPR for classic egg nog. When I first started making this, I thought it needed to be drank within a few…
Homemade grenadine where have you been all my life?
A few years back I read The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, set primarily in 1920s Paris. One of the many drinks of choice for the characters in the novel is the Jack Rose cocktail. Intrigued, I set out to read a few chapters in the local watering hole only to discover the bartender…
Crabapple Bourbon
Fun and easy to make, crabapple bourbon is one of many ways to enjoy the fall fruit harvest. I have access to a semi-wild crabapple tree that doesn’t get a lot of attention, but loyally bears fruit every fall. A harvest that I’ve started to really look forward to thanks to this. To infuse the…
Overzealous Home Cook 