From Scratch

The first time I saw a smoothie maker for sale I had an “only in America” moment. It looked just like a blender with a different name. To this day I don’t know the difference between the two. I also don’t know any people who have a blender and a smoothie maker, but I’m willing […]

Even though I drink hot coffee year-round, hot chocolate is, for me, a seasonal drink and it’s one of the joys of winter. I’ve made it for years with Mexican chocolate but with dark chocolate so easy to find these days — and heart-healthy — I decided to create a new version that would be […]

It wasn’t too many years ago that Americans who knew the word “chai” at all — in the beverage sense, not as the Hebrew word for “life” — simply thought of it as the word for “tea” in several other languages. Now it’s a popular category of spiced tea, properly called “masala chai.”
It’s so popular […]

If I were a real New Englander – and many who are say I never will be and they’re probably right — I’d be making a pot of baked beans this weekend. No, I’m proof that you can take the woman out of New York, but you can’t take New York out of the woman. So […]

With or without sugar, I’m simply not an iced tea fan. I like hot tea just fine in cold and cool weather, but come summer it’s not something I want to drink.
Coffee’s another story. I drink it every day — sometimes all day — and I do enjoy it iced, so I was intrigued to […]

3/29 - Bedford has it! - Stop and Shop has Passover Coke, Diet Coke and Sprite. 
3/28 update - I’ve gotten several emails asking where to find this in NH. I don’t drink soda, but I was under the impression the Boston area would be the closest. I’m trying to find out. Coke’s website is useless for this type […]