fun with mr. boston’s bartenders’ guide

it was a dull wednesday night– oh, woeful, middle of the working week– so I decided to have myself a spontaneous mini-party, and dragged out the wee red cocktail recipe book that’s been collecting dust on a shelf for who knows how long. didn’t take long to stumble on something that yodeled to this juniper-berry-loving-girl’s heart, and jackpot on the name– who wouldn’t want a sweet little concoction called an alabama fizz? delightful!

I kinda bastardized mine with adding seltzer– very refreshing!

as an added bonus, it was an opportunity to use the vintage glass cocktail stirrers my future-mother-in-law gave me a few weeks back– tiny toy harmonica for chris, swimming brown duckling for me.

greatest respiratory flu soup ever

I’ve been living on this stuff for the last week– and I’m not even sick of it yet:

  • chicken broth
  • several gloves garlic, sliced
  • onion, chopped
  • curry powder
  • red pepper flake
  • salt

simmer for 30 min.
add:

  • fresh parsley, chopped
  • fresh cilantro, chopped
  • fresh mint, chopped
  • (I keep forgetting to buy basil, but that too)
  • fresh lemon juice

puree. savor. breathe deep.