Mixing tart tastes with a cool feel comes together nicely in a summer cocktail. This week we’re mixing rhubarb (tart) with cucumber (cool) to produce a Tart n’ Cool: ideal as a docktail. Although rhubarb is a vegetable, it is often put to the same culinary uses as fruits. When someone says rhubarb pie, there …
Made with blackberries, vodka, and dark grape juice, the Bloody Good Martini is rich in flavour and so vibrant, it does a jig on your tongue. In season and plentiful in Muskoka, blackberries are full of nutrients, including potassium, magnesium and calcium, as well as vitamins A, C, E and most of our B vitamins. They’re …
Let’s celebrate the summer cocktail with a new one called the The Beekeeper’s Balm—a soothing, citrusy mix of lemon balm, Muskoka honey, and rum. Lemon balm is an herb with the scent of lemons and the look of basil or mint. It’s tasty in tea, but hey… summer’s almost here so let’s improvise a wee bit! Let’s …