Serves 1 Author Notes It has been a particularly good year for blackberries. I’ve put them in everything from pies to tarts to galettes to salads, so it was only a matter of time before they ended up in my gin. I made a few versions on my own and they weren’t quite right. I
Ingredients:⅓ cup medium or long grain rice1 1-inch piece Mexican cinnamon¼ cup granulated sugar½ teaspoon vanillafreshly ground Mexican cinnamon, to garnish
Hold the sweet juices and the pineapple; a traditional Planter’s Punch is a clean, icy drink of rum, lime, and bitters. It’s good to have a few basic drink recipes banked away for those times when you want something cold and refreshing. And when it comes to basic, cold and delightful, few drinks can beat
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Serves 2 Author Notes This cold drinking chocolate is chilly, light, and frothy. It straddles a middle ground, texture-wise, between chocolate milk and chocolate shake, but the flavor is more delicate and refreshing than both. I’ve tucked an avocado in there, which disappears in flavor but does nice work of thickening things up and adding
Photo by Ty Mecham Prep time 5 minutes Cook time 1 hour Makes 4 Author Notes When testing a stuffed sweet potato dish for my cookbook, Power Plates, I decided to dress up my go-to combination of sweet potatoes, lentils, and greens a bit. I seasoned the lentils with onions, tomato, and Moroccan-inspired spices—a favorite
