Saturday, March 31, 2007

Next time you (Blender smoothie) ask for your drink 'on the rocks,' consider the source

Are the glaciers spreading, at least to our watering holes? Bartenders around the world have been showing new interest in ice, heretofore an anonymous bit player in cocktails.
Each year, visitors to my garden zoom in on a half-dozen or so new plants they'd like to try, but 2006 was different. Everyone wanted the same plant! The focus of all this attention and admiration wasn't even a flower; it was 'Black Pearl' ornamental pepper.
While kids prefer Easter eggs hardboiled and pastel colored, grown-ups gravitate to a saucier version of poached eggs draped in a blanket of creamy hollandaise.
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Ham, this is your day. You might show up on other holidays - Christmas, for example - but there on the Easter table,...
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