RECIPE: Peach Raspberry Lemonade

Turn ripe peaches into peach lemonade.Photo by Gerhard Taatgen Jr. | SXC.   We’re on a lemonade kick. Yesterday we came back from the farmers market with ripe peaches and made a delicious pitcher of Peach Raspberry Lemonade. Per person, you’ll need: Ingredients 2 tablespoons peach purée 4 raspberries 1 tablespoon fresh-squeezed lemon juice (use…
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PRODUCT: New Leaf Bottled Lemonade

We celebrated National Lemonade yesterday by trying the flavors of New Leaf Lemonade. The company makes bottled tea, lemonade and a lemonade-tea mix with an emphasis on all-natural flavors. The sweetener is organic cane sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup. The 17 New Leaf options include four lemonades: Black Cherry, Homemade (Original), Strawberry and…
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PRODUCT: Environmentally Friendly Tea

Buy refill bags instead of new canisters. Photo courtesy TayTea.com. Quite a few specialty tea companies package their fine teas in metal canisters, helping to extend the vibrancy of the tea by keeping out air and light. The problem is, if you’re a regular tea drinker, you can end up with quite a lot of…
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PRODUCT: Cucumber Soda

Perhaps you‘ve had a glass of cucumber water, one of our favorite infusions. Just toss cucumber slices into a pitcher of water and let it infuse for an hour. Now, meet Mr. Q. Cumber, a sparkling cucumber beverage. Think of it as sweet, sparkling cucumber water. Cucumber is actually a fruit—the botanical relative of a…
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RECIPES: Spiked Ice Cream Soda

What’s new in ice cream sodas? How about a shot of tequila, rum, vodka or liqueur? The Barclay New York Hotel is helping guests beat the heat with a spiked ice cream soda menu. Using their recipes, you can give new meaning to the concept of an ice cream social. Pick a date, choose your…
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