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Filed under: Vegetables, Recipes, Fruit, How To, Spirits, Liquor Cabinet, Liqueurs, SummerA couple of weeks ago, I wrote a review of Vlada, a New York bar that specializes in infused vodkas. As I mentioned in my post, my experiences at Vlada had made me nostalgic for the moonshine that I had once enjoyed in Southwest Virginia. Back in the day, I ...

Filed under: Beer, Fruit, Trends, SummerIf you purchase beer on a regular basis, you've probably noticed an uptick in the number of fruity beers (and I'm not talking about Schmitts Gay). Fruit flavors such as lime, blueberry and strawberry have been invading the suds on our shelves at an alarming rate, and even the big boys are getting in on the ...

Filed under: Teas, Whisky, Recipes, Fruit, America, Spirits, Ingredient Spotlight, Guilty Pleasures, Summer Over the past few summers, cherry-based cocktails have become something of a signature for me, to the point whereupon being proposed to in mid-July a few years back, I immediately began pulping and freezing cherries for use in our wedding ...

Filed under: Fruit, Feast Your Eyes, Summer This is more of a conceptual Feast Your Eyes post, as opposed to ones that just offer up the gorgeous food. You have to do a little more work here, imaging how amazing those raspberries looked, plump and rosy on their mildly thorny vines. I went blueberry picking yesterday, and was seeing the bushes ...

Filed under: Fruit, Summer In a post that I wrote earlier this week, I mentioned that raspberries are currently in season. Raspberries are just one out of the many berries in season. I encourage you to taste the diversity of berries out there. Last weekend, I tried fresh gooseberries for the first time. They're not like any berry I have ever ...

Filed under: Fruit, How To, Slashfood Ate, Summer July through September is the time of year when we should be savoring fresh raspberries. They grow wild all over different parts of the country. This past weekend, while driving through the Berkshires in western Massachusetts, I stopped at various farms to taste the raspberries. Each berry was ...

Filed under: Fruit, On the Blogs, Slashfood Ate, SummerOn the Fourth, I went with my parents and my boyfriend to pick blueberries, and we came home with 20 lbs. of them. Apparently, we're not the only ones with blueberries on the brain, since the food blogs have been teeming lately with lovely blueberry delights (even this one, see?). Here are a ...

Filed under: Dessert, Fruit, Grilling, Summer Grilled fruit is a healthy alternative dessert, and easy in the summer when the grill is already going. Almost any fruit can be grilled as long as it holds its shape through the process. smaller fruits can be skewered along with chunks of larger fruits. A side of sauce or cream for dipping is a good ...

Filed under: Fruit, Slashfood Ate, SummerIt seems like every other post on my favorite food blogs these days involves some sort of jam -- fruit, spice, anything! Here's a round-up of some particularly fetching jam finds on the blog circuit: Tomato Jam from Habeas Brulee, who serves it with hearty dishes. Oatmeal Cookie Rasberry Jam Bars from ...

Filed under: Fruit, Summer One of the things that says summer to me, more than hot weather, flip flops and the guys with coolers selling water bottles at stoplights and freeway exits is the ability to go fruit picking. I can't remember a single summer since I was 9 years old when I didn't find myself in a field of blueberry bushes, or carefully ...