Drinks and Libations

Whether distilled, brewed, bubbly, or still, you’ll find my blog entries about tasty liquids here.


Baynham Goredema (Flickr - Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License)

More than a few times, I have had lengthy conversations (usually after a number of glasses of wine) concerning whether one could determine the quality of wine by the label. I’ve had a dear friend shamefacedly confess that the label may the sole determiner for purchasing a bottle of wine. And let’s be honest here: [...]

I am a sucker for Mexican Coca Cola. Perhaps, in part, it is the nostalgia-inducing glass bottle that reminds me of my childhood, working in my dad’s beer drive through. I was in charge of processing the returned empties.  Customers would bring cases of empties in and I would sort them by brand so the [...]

Post image for Spiced Summer Lemonade

It’s hot and I’ve been thinking about lemonade. And not just any lemonade.  I chef’d a party in June at the Taft Museum and I got to serve this insanely beautiful spiced lemonade.  It was made by someone I used to work with, Danni Browning, the sous chef at eat well, and while she didn’t [...]