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Have some dessert tea: with dessert or instead of it. Photo courtesy TeaForte.com. Many people enjoy a cup of tea with dessert. But what exactly is dessert tea? Dessert tea is a relatively new addition to the tea repertoire. It sprouted up with the green tea and white tea push a decade ago. Many…
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Drinkin’ o’ the green: a delicious milkshake. Photo courtesy McCormick. This classic milkshake can be transformed into a St. Patrick’s Day special with a hint of green food coloring. Here are two delightful recipes, both with a hint o’ mint: one that everyone will enjoy, one strictly for adults (using creme de menthe instead…
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That comforting cup of Irish breakfast tea is actually Assam, from India. Photo © Olga Miltsova | Dreamstime. Most tea drinkers have heard of Irish breakfast tea. Fewer have heard of Assam (ah-SAHM). Yet—surprise!—they’re the same tea. The Irish developed such a fondness for the rich, malty black tea from northeast India that they…
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A refreshing grapefruit smoothie. Photo courtesy AllWhitesEggWhites.com. After eating “professionally” all day, we’re often not in the mood for a conventional dinner. What we really want is a dish of ice cream or frozen yogurt. As a compromise, we’ve learned to make an easy yogurt smoothie that triples the amount of protein through the…
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A few years back, we began to notice a restaurant trend: creative mixologists making their sodas from scratch. Some of it was creative flavoring—fennel-lemongrass soda, for example. Others were the desire of mixologists to make the best-ever cola, root beer and ginger ale. All of it was all-natural. Spice Market New York, owned by chef…
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