Musings on Starters, Mains, Desserts and Second-Helpings…
Posted in Food Commentary, France, Lillet, alcohol, alcoholic drink, beverage, cafe, drink, gin, history, martini, vodka on Nov 25th, 2008
These days, it seems something is always the new something else. You know, Thursday’s the new Friday, brown’s the new black, Palin’s the new devil, Obama’s the new Messiah, etc. But to me, for example, comparing the pain and anguish at dragging myself from bed on a Friday morning after a few drinks the night before, […]
Posted in Beach, Brazil, Brazilian, Food Commentary, Portuguese, alcohol, alcoholic drink, beverage, brandy, cachaça, culture, drink, language, lime, soccer, sugar on Oct 7th, 2008
When you think of Brazil what do you think of? Is it the lazy sway of coconut palms, golden beaches, beautiful, bronzed people, a back-drop of Sugar Loaf Mountain, and soundtrack of relaxing bossa nova? Is it a throbbing samba rhythm, huge, garish paper-mache heads, and crowds of people dancing at carnival? Is it the magnificent […]
Posted in Asian, British, England, New York City, Pub, Recipe, Recipes, South Africa, alcohol, alcoholic drink, culture, drink, easy, embarrassment, food, ginger, history, honey, hot toddy, juice, lemon, red bush, rooibos, rooibosh, sugar, tea, tradition, water, weather on Jan 22nd, 2008
It’s freezing here in New York. Freezing! Yesterday, it didn’t get above 26F/-3C. Just the kind of weather when you need something to warm (as they say in London’s East End) the cockles of your heart. Years ago, on a freezing January day I took a walk with a friend around Alexandra Palace in north […]
Posted in Christmas, Food Network, Recipe, Recipes, alcoholic drink, cinnamon, drink, food, ginger ale, holiday on Dec 28th, 2007
Although we are still recovering from our 14-hour cooking fest that was Christmas Eve, we had an absolute blast and were proud of ourselves for successfully producing 6 courses for 11 people. It was EXHAUSTING, make no friggin’ mistake. We cooked from about noon till 7PM on Sunday and from 10AM till 5 on Christmas […]
Posted in Food Commentary, Italian, Italy, Tuscan, alcohol, alcoholic drink, communications, culture, food, holiday, tourism, tradition, travel, tuscany on Apr 26th, 2007
Ahead of our recent wedding in Italy, I penned this blog post because I wanted to write about Italian potables other than wine in the expectation that after a week of chianti, our wedding guests would be ready for something different. As it turned out, many became worryingly wine-dependent over the course of their stay […]
 |  |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |  |
 |  |
|
 |
 Thanks, You Say Tomato |
