From the category archives:

Beverages

Raspberry Hot Chocolate and a Book Giveaway

January 12, 2010

When I was a child, my father used to make an ice rink in the back yard. He’d pile us onto the toboggan and pull us around to flatten the snow. Then, night after night, he’d zip up his navy blue snowmobile suit and disappear into the dark. When he came back in, his mittens [...]

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Raspberry Lassi

July 28, 2009

I know I shouldn’t post information like this, but I am not a Breakfast Eater. Please, don’t tell me breakfast is The Most Important Meal of the Day. I have read the reports and do not need to be reminded Breakfast Eaters consume fewer calories throughout the day, snack less, have fewer cravings and, if [...]

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Scotch Marmalade Recipe

April 30, 2009

Andrew might have dropped the jar of whisky, but I dropped the ball. Two posts on Scotch Marmalade and no recipe? I thought I’d linked the original story to the article, but it turns out I hadn’t. And people have noticed.
This is my variation on a recipe that appeared in the September 2008 issue of [...]

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Whisky Works – Aging has begun

January 7, 2008

The first step of the Whisky Works project involved swelling the oak barrel with water for three days. Andrew emptied the water yesterday and filled the barrel with the provided whisky. The recovered water, pictured here, is light amber, almost the colour of urine. Not exactly enticing, but some scotch drinkers have strange ideas about [...]

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Lassi Comes Home

March 28, 2007

While I love Indian food, I always struggled with the accompanying beverage choices. I don’t like beer, wine doesn’t complement curry (not matter what the wine matching wheel from the LCBO says) and water is just too plebeian for the rich mixture of spices. The obvious solution is a mango lassi. Since my first exposure [...]

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Camphor and Carols

December 20, 2006

Instead of spending the past two weeks downing rum-laced eggnog and doing things to land me firmly on Santa’s Naughty list, I’ve been clutching a bottle of Buckley’s and croaking like a frog. Although my fingers were unaffected by the laryngitis, my brain wasn’t so lucky. Under the circumstances I thought it best not to [...]

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Kitchen Sink Sangria

June 6, 2006

Monty Python once said of Australian plonk, “This is a wine that should be put down… and walked away from.”
I used to agree with that sentiment, but have learned that bad red wine can be one of those blessings in disguise. I now actually look forward to the questionable vintages that arrive as well-meaning but [...]