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suco de abacate AKA avocado milkshake
We´d been traveling in Brazil for a week or so when I was confronted with one of the food-related things about the country that most alarms me: sweet avocado juice. I´m not completely naive and do...
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cachaça
Is there anything better than a smiling face and a bottle of cachaça? Cachaça is best known in the U.S. as the fairly obscure Brazilian liquor that is mixed into caipirinhas, a cocktail that enjoyed a...
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true blood: freshly squeezed blood and Texas orange juice
I never really liked canned or bottled juices. They always seem to taste a bit too sweet for me. Orange juice is especially tricky: often it comes with additional, unwanted pith and peel flavors, which...
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tequila Meyer lemonade
We’ve a lot of Meyer lemons right now after a visit to our friend, Kristen’s home in the East Bay to celebrate the Kev-star’s birthday last week. She has two dwarf trees in her backyard that are full...
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fresh passion fruit margarita with Patrón silver
fresh passion fruit margarita with Patrón silver The inspiration for this tropical cocktail comes from my friend and passion fruit source, Sandy. Get well and come back to work soon! This recipe is...
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Killepitsch
Killepitsch Killepitsch is a fairly obscure liquor made of ninety-plus herbs, fruits and nuts. We have not seen this drink for ages and ages, that is until last week. I took a suggestion from a student...
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apricot liquor
apricot liquor This is the second recipe that I’ve ever tried from the great magazine, La Cucina Italiana. It came in the August 2011 edition as part of a round-up of apricot recipes. I love...
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Winter KraftBrew Beer Fest 2012, San Jose
Well, I’m a little out of my element here. We of the WC tasting crew braved the second annual Winter KraftBrew Beer Fest in San Jose this past weekend. Though we pride ourselves on being locavores,...
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The Macallan promotional event, San Francisco
the line builds for The Macallan tasting event Our friend, Valeria, became a US citizen last week. Congratulations! Not only is she intelligent, beautiful and easy company, she also adores Scotch,...
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Cherokee tomato gazpacho
I’m so excited! We just came back from the Alemany farmers market after a quick stop at our community garden plot. The garden’s doing great but the market was amazing! Goodbye to all those tiresome...
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