What says summer the way raspberries and lemon do? This mini cocktail calls for raspberry-flavored vodka, which you can purchase, or make your own, by adding fresh raspberries to vodka in a large container and letting it sit for several days. Strain the vodka back into the original bottle. (We like to make our own […]
Recipes
Purple Hooter no. 2
We’re pretty much all-in when we hear a drink is made with pineapple juice; it makes us think of Tiki bars, skull concoctions, and tropical air. This simple recipe combines Chambord, fresh lime juice and pineapple. When Faith serves these as a starter, she likes to grill pineapple until its caramelized for dessert; serve it […]
Salted Watermelon Shooter
If we could eat watermelon all year we’d do it in a second. This smart little recipe calls for watermelon juice, which you can buy, though we say make your own. Throw a few pieces of fresh watermelon into the blender and buzz for a few seconds. Done. Again, we prefer the real juice in […]
Spring Asparagus Tossed with Goat Cheese, Truffle Oil & Lemon
Local asparagus is still at farmers’ markets, and that’s where we were inspired to play a little with a simple, tasty dish. In a booth at the Greenport Farmers’ Market on the North Fork of Long Island, there was Noah Schwartz, chef and owner of Noah’s Restaurant in Greenport, cooking small plates to support farm-fresh products. […]
Chris Prosperi’s Red Pepper Walnut Spread Grilled Bread Topping
Putting a mouth-watering combination of things on top of bread, drizzled with olive oil and grilled golden brown, is as easy as it is delicious. On each of our grilled “rafts” we give you two or three ingredients that are terrific together as apps, or you can put out a platter of several types as […]
Alex Province’s Grilled Breads
This was one of my favorite breakfasts as a kid (though now, as an adult, it also goes pretty well with a glass of wine). My mom, Carmen, who is from Seville Spain, would toast a nice thick slab of country bread, then rub a clove of garlic onto the toast. Next she would pour […]
