I turn 30 tomorrow. It feels funny to say this. For the past month or so, I’ve been trying to shrug it off whenever someone mentions what a milestone birthday it’s going to be. “Oh, um, it’s just a number…” I say. “I’m sure it’s not going to feel much different than 29.” And it’s [...]
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Thai Basil Sangria
Like most New York apartments, mine is tiny, overpriced, and lacking in storage space. It also happens to be a boxy studio with no alcove, so I need to be incredibly creative with my bed arrangement vis-à-vis other furnative. The one thing my apartment does have going for it, however, is natural light. It faces [...]
Hibiscus Mojito
I am sitting here writing this blog post in 100 degree (!!!) weather. The apartment I’m moving out of has no air conditioning, and all I have to prevent myself from melting is a fan and a hibiscus mojito. We hardly had a spring (at least here in New York), but summer came in full [...]
Foodbuzz 24×24: Mid-Winter Tiki Party
So the holiday season is over, it’s snowing for the 20th time this month, and the road to spring looks long and arduous. You want to be some place warm. Like Tahiti, or Oahu. But there’s that cost thing. If only there were a place in New York where you could go and pretend to [...]
Absinthe Cranberry Frappe
Now that Christmas is over, it is imperative to start thinking of the future. Namely, New Year’s Eve. More specifically, drinks for New Year’s Eve. Absinthe has been in the news quite a bit in the past year, because it is now “legal” again in the US. This past spring, while researching a story on [...]
Vodka-Thyme Lemonade
I have to admit I’ve been on an iced drink kick lately. Shanghai’s muggy weather and our lack of AC makes it hard to muster up enthusiasm for standing in front of a hot stove. Lately I have just been whipping up quick pasta dishes, then rushing to the freezer to pull out ice cubes [...]
Mango Mojito
With my computer’s hard drive still in malfunction state, and months of work on the verge of being lost forever, I decided to make myself feel better with a mojito. Beer has the reputation of being a drink to drown your sorrows in, maybe in a dim bar with sad, sad music in the background. [...]
Apple Soju Cocktail
If Korea had an official national beverage, it would be soju. Instead of trying to sum up soju’s place in Korean culture, I’ll defer to a passage by Ines Cho in an article called “Moving Beyond the Green Blur: a History of Soju”: Soju is the powerfully pungent alcohol that, as some Koreans insist, can [...]
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