Christina’s Texas Iced Tea
Many moons ago my first posting out of meteorology school was to a remote hamlet in the extreme northwestern corner of B.C. For a ‘city boy’ it was an education…
Beverages
Ole Without The Ouch
The Spanish had a great idea when it came to beating hot summer afternoon thirst by mixing full-blooded red wine with cooling citrus juices. Called Sangria, literally ‘bloody’, Sangria is…
REAL Hot Chocolate
When I was growing up instant hot chocolate was years in the future. With long, damp winters on Vancouver Island, hot steaming mugs of hot chocolate were in constant demand…
Coffee Elixir of Life
(From the pages of ‘Teeswater.ca’, an online newspaper I published a few years back) In Seattle you haven’t had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it’s…
French Press Summer
When you think of French Presses you think of hot. fresh ground coffee first thing in the morning. But during the Summer, other than storing it away in the cupboard,…