Remember the blueberry muffins post from Christmas? And the more recent one about hot dogs, baked beans, and brown bread? Well, my inner Mainer seems to be back. I wanted blueberries, and blueberries were on sale at the grocery store 4 pints for $5. It was fate. I also wanted to try a smoothie. I [...]
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Blueberry Cinnamon Smoothie
Posted in @home, liquid refreshment, tagged fruit on June 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Kiwi Clerico
Posted in @home, fun, liquid refreshment, tagged party on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sangria, in Spanish, means bloodletting, and the usual red wine base for this steeped-fruit wine punch makes the name of the drink pretty obvious and a propos. But I’m partial to white wine, and so white wine sangria, or sangria blanco, was much more up my alley for a recent dinner party. In Argentina sangria [...]
Starbucks Italian Roast
Posted in liquid refreshment, tagged coffee, products on March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Starbucks 8 Weeks of Bold Coffees Week 2: Italian Roast I picked up a tall cup of Italian Roast on my way to the office and for the short drive from Starbucks to work the car was filled with a fantastic aroma that transported me back to Italy, back to a late night café bar [...]
Starbucks: 8 Weeks of Bold Coffee
Posted in liquid refreshment, tagged coffee, products on March 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Item 1: I love coffee. It is robust, flavorful, smells great, and sometimes I just cannot go a day without it. Item 2: I’ve never really been a fan of intense, bold coffees. I like milk, I like sugar — I don’t like weak coffee, but I enjoy mild coffee. So when Starbucks started its [...]
Alice White Lexia
Posted in liquid refreshment, tagged products on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lexia wine is a muscat-like sweet wine from Australia. The tasting notes for the Lexia are “A delicious white wine with fragrant apricot, orange blossom and lilac aromas and round, pleasingly sweet, mango and melon flavors balanced by a crisp, refreshing finish.” I never thought we’d find one, but we’ve come across a self-described sweet [...]
Grotto Bar
Posted in liquid refreshment, restaurants, tagged afield, on holiday, photographs on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Grotto Bar Grotto Pizza, Rehoboth Beach DE photo by Rachel
Pumpkin Cookies and Pumpkin Spice Latte
Posted in @home, liquid refreshment, tagged dessert on October 3, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Pair these recipes together for out-of-this-world pumpkinness. Jim says the drink is the perfect “coming in from shoveling the driveway out” winter warmer. Old-Fashioned Soft Pumpkin Cookies makes As Many As You Feel Like Making 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1/2 [...]
Mayflower Brewery
Posted in liquid refreshment on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mayflower Brewery Plymouth, MA http://www.mayflowerbrewing.com/ The brewery is open to the public for tastings and tours on Thursday and Friday afternoons from 4:30PM to 6:30PM. No reservations are necessary. Not a restaurant, but I have to make a mention. New, store-front microbrewery in the Industrial Park area of Plymouth. 4 standard brews — Golden Ale, [...]
