Lisa on July 1st, 2009

An overlooked fact in the drink world:  cocktails (or mocktails) have seasons.  In the summertime, fruit-based drinks are light and refreshing; in the wintertime, hot toddies are much more appealing than an iced spritzer.  Now that summer is in full swing, I thought I’d use the classic mojito platform to come up with some new [...]

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Lisa on December 30th, 2008

Technically speaking, this isn’t a grapefruit–it’s a Pomelo crossed with a Mandarin orange, hence it’s sweet character. (Pomelos pre-date modern grapefruits on the citrus chain and are much less bitter than their more-modern cousins.) Like all citrus fruits, however, cocktail grapefruit is rich in fiber and vitamins A and C. Unlike actual grapefruit, cocktail grapefruit [...]

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