The Red Shiso Drop is a refreshing cocktail with mesmerizing color and complex flavor. The stunning visual qualities and unique scent of this drink are all due to an herb — Red Shiso. Easy to grow red shiso is a ruffly purple-leaved cultivar of the more familiar green shiso, common in Japanese cuisine. Red shiso’s…
Author: tablemuse
Penny is a nutritionist, cook, and goes deep with food. She created this blog to explore how we grow, distribute, purchase, cook and eat food. Penny believes that a key to good society is the daily shared meal, as this is where food and people come together in what should be a celebration of body and soul.
Zingy Strawberry Smoothie
This delicious, zingy smoothie is one of my favorites, and for several reasons. Most important to me, it tastes fabulous — tart, sweet, creamy, a little spicy, and richly scented. And it’s a quick charge up for those mornings when I need to eat and go. But here’s the fun part — it has health…
Yellow Watermelon Rum Slushie
Summer Happy Hour alert: combine frozen yellow watermelon, fresh squeezed lime juice, thai basil, and white rum. This delicious frozen cocktail was a hit at my house this week. Three fragrant ingredients combine to produce a sophisticated and interesting cocktail: watermelon, orange blossom water, and thai basil. I love the beautiful color of yellow watermelon,…
Cocoa Cashew Granola
True confession: this recipe came about because I ran out of cinnamon. This culinary constraint propelled me to create a new granola flavor — and it worked beautifully. Cocoa Cashew Granola When you let this granola sit with milk for a minute or two in your bowl, the chocolate milk result is delightful — just…
Venus Thistle Cocktail
A cocktail is an impression of a greater experience – evoking something beautiful, mysterious, tender, dramatic. My Venus Thistle Cocktail is an impression of the stunning wildflowers and rocky crags of Pinnacles National Park. Its namesake wildflower, The Venus Thistle, blooms bright and fresh in a harsh and dry landscape. Scotch was the natural choice…
Sweet Potato Fritters
Creamy textured, but substantial – these sweet potato fritters surprised me. I was tinkering with new ways to use my favorite Beauregard sweet potato, and imagined that a fried patty of shredded sweet potato lightly bound with egg and panko might work. But I was blown away by the creamy textured interior. It made sense…
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