Take a sweet bite of summer by visiting friendly spots, serving locals and visitors the best boutique bakeries the Southwest Metro has to offer.
Menu
Food & Drink
[Drinks]
Cola de Mano
Serves 8
10 whole cloves
2 ½ cinnamon sticks
1/2 cup water
8 cups cold milk
2 tbsp. instant coffee granules
1/2 cup white sugar
1 ½ tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup pisco, white rum, brandy or other lightly-flavored liquor
You might have seen it before on a restaurant menu, but then again, maybe not. It’s lovage: an herb commonly used in Europe that’s starting to sneak onto menus this side of the pond.
[Reviews]
Bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier, is a master of compelling historical fiction. In this slim but powerful new novel, she takes Shakespeare’s Othello and sets it into the racially-charged 1970s world of a suburban Washington, D.C. middle school.
[Drinks]
Sazerac
1 sugar cube
2 dashes Angostura bitters
2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
1 oz. Templeton Rye whiskey
1 oz. Remy Martin VSOP cognac
1 tsp. Lucid absinthe
3 star anise pods
When brandy pops into a conversation, the words that follow often include “sidecar” and “Grandma’s after-dinner drink.” With the craft cocktail scene booming at local watering holes, brandy is slowly making its way out of the wine cellar and into our glasses.
As humorous as the image may be to our modern sense of humor, quick-cooking macaroni was nearly as much of a game changer as sliced bread. The story behind quick-cooking macaroni, and the beginning of quick and easy cooking methods, is quite interesting.
[Drinks]
Stinger
It won’t hurt to add the stinger to any beverage lineup. With a nod to this month’s Tastemaker section feature on brandy, Tana Wold offers a go-to concoction that freshens up brandy with a hit of mint.
Don’t get us wrong pasta, we love you smothered in a rich Alfredo or zesty marinara sauces and most definitely paired with garlicky bread goodness, but, sometimes, we crave pasta without the carb overload that leaves us feeling a tad too lethargic.
[Reviews]
Benjamin Franklin once said, “Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see.” This is a good way to approach Brian Freeman’s new book, Marathon, the eighth in his award-winning Jonathan Stride series.
[Drinks]
Paloma
1½ oz. El Nivel Reposado tequila
1 oz. Simply Grapefruit fresh grapefruit juice
½ oz. Fresh lime juice
½ oz. Agave nectar
