Never underestimate the power of shrimp with anything! This Charred Shrimp and Carrot soup had us going back for more every time. What started out as a light lunch made encores into dinner and breakfast #noshame We conceived this soup as an appetizer for clients celebrating a belated 35 year anniversary here in Miami. https://youtu.be/wslZxeFBwfQ As a starter the chilled soup is paired with lovely charred shrimp and cauliflower florets. As you eat it, hot and ...
Cocktails
Rosemary Meloncello
If you happen to have a Cantaloupe sitting in your counter, and you want to preserve the summer flavors for just a bit longer, you have to make this Rosemary Meloncello liqueur. Upside of making it at home, you get to customize the flavors that you can't find anywhere else! This is a perfect after dinner treat to pull out and serve family and friends for the holidays, they'll be talking about it for weeks! I was teaching a class on Melon Sorbet to celebrate the end of Summer ...
The Old Fashioned Cocktail
A History The Old Fashioned Cocktail refers to a simpler mode of cocktails, for a simpler time, that mixed Spirits, Sugar, and Bitters together. This was circa 1860's. The use of bitters, particularly Angostura, was intended for medicinal purposes- to settle the stomach or as an aperitif; to open the appetite before eating. The Bartender's Guide 1862 published the first version of the recipe, in it The Whiskey Cocktail recipe showed Whiskey as it's spirit, not Bourbon and a slice of lemon ...