Brooklyn Supper is six! We’re actually a bit overdue, but it’s summer, so you’ll just have to let it slide. To celebrate, I made peach sorbet and poured Prosecco over it. Just the right kind of effervescent, tangy thing for yet another hot summer day. [Read more…]
fresh mint sorbet
It goes without saying that summer in the south is hot. Like, really hot. When I lived in Charlottesville, VA in my college days, one summer in particular was excruciatingly hot. There were violent daily thunderstorms, and constant muggy, oppressive heat. With no air conditioning, we made do with what we had–ice, fans, and whiskey. But after a while that wasn’t enough. We needed to fight the heat head on. And, what is the opposite of heat? Why, mint, of course. [Read more…]