The tea I grew up drinking was not chai but rather a lightly spiced, sweet and creamy, cooked tea. Continue reading →

A visit to Peru and a bit of Pisco consumption inspired a winter version of the classic pisco sour. Continue reading →

My perfect summer cocktail is light and refreshing with a tart-sweetness. This take on a lime rickey uses Japanese yuzu and is sweetened with basil-infused simple syrup. Continue reading →

A trip to St. Lucia for a wedding over Memorial Day led to a delicious rum punch recipe I just had to share. Continue reading →

A spiked granita infused with seasonal rhubarb and screw pine extract is the perfect light dessert as the weather warms up. Continue reading →

This recipe is for ponche de crème – an extremely rich and indulgent West Indian holiday drink that closely resembles American eggnog. Continue reading →

Atoles are a group of masa-based Mexican and Central American hot drinks with champurrado a specifically chocolate one. The drink consists of water or milk with masa, spices like cinnamon and/or anise, and chocolate in the case of champurrado. Continue reading →

This smoked earl grey tea cocktail is a delicious combination of smokiness, citrus and ginger that works for both guys and gals. Continue reading →

This is a great recipe for sherbet made from sugar plums, delicately scented with star anise. Sherbet in America has come to take on a sorbet-like connotation, but the origins are really in the word “sharbah”, which is Arabic for “a drink”. Continue reading →