Just over the Bay Bridge, about an hour and a half east of Washington, D.C. is the sleepy little town of Oxford, MD. This once booming town was founded in 1683. Oxford thrived before the American Revolution as one of only two ports of entry for the state. After the war the town dwindled until …
Cooking up Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes with Chef Mark Salter at the Robert Morris Inn Read More »
Food can make you forget everything around you, and it is the surprising ingredients in some of the simplest of dishes that do it more often than not. This is what I found when I dove into the cuisine at Hacienda Petac. The guacamole recipe was the most surprising of all. I had arrived at Hacienda …
Hot summer days are here. The Paloma cocktail delivers a refreshing burst of citrus before that punch of tequila hits your palette and goes straight to your toes. While visiting Hacienda Petac earlier this summer, I was able to sample a number of cocktails, including a fabulous mojito, that the incredibly talented staff crafted on a daily …
Grapefruit bursts to life in this Paloma Cocktail Recipe Read More »
Even if you didn’t head to Brazil in 2016 for the Olympics, you can still enjoy one of the nation’s most well-known cocktails—the Brazilian Caipirinha. This lime-infused drink uses cachaca, a Brazilian distilled liquor that starts from unadulterated sugarcane juice (unlike rum, which is made from what is left over after the main sugar removal …
Creating the perfect Brazilian Caipirinha cocktail Read More »
Mint and lime are two of the best flavors you can put into a cocktail, especially when you are traveling in the tropics. The mojito originates from Cuba (some say it was created in the 1500s), but has since been adopted across the globe as a refreshingly sweet drink that can be made in a …
Ever since I was a child, the nighttime rains of May always meant one thing: dewy, luscious, lilac scented air come the dawn. I grew up in Lombard, Illinois: self-proclaimed Lilac Capitol of the World. I thought everyone lived in lilac heaven. I would ride my bike around my neighborhood, gathering armfuls of cascading purple …
Desperately seeking easy veggie-based meals the whole family will love? Maybe your shopping plans go a little something like this: Every Saturday morning, my husband and I stare blankly at a slip of paper that will become our weekly grocery list. This happens: “We need to get more vegetables on this list.” I stare, I …
A dozen years ago, I had cycled through the Tuscan countryside on a sweltering July day, discovering a hard truth: what looks like gentle rolling hills from the window of a train are actually thigh-busting mountains of horror when you’re trying to move a heavy steel frame mountain bike up them. A meandering 20km ride …
Wild Boar Ragu Bianco recipe, a taste of Tuscany Read More »