I’m not a really big wine fan, so I have to admit that one of my preferred uses for it is to make sangria. (I can hear all you oenophiles booing me. That’s quite enough, thank you.) Sangria’s a great easy drink for parties. Everyone loves it, it’s easy to... Read More

The Kapalua Wine & Food Festival is coming up! We’re not going this year, but we had such a wonderful time last year. One of the fun things about the Festival is meeting the winemakers who are always quite friendly. We were especially pleased to discover that the founders of... Read More

I just love the smell of lemon verbena. The leaves release a lemony scent when crushed, with distinct floral notes. It’s sort of like a lemon version of kaffir lime! That elusive flowery-but-not-soapy quality. The leaves have a weird texture, though, rough and scratchy, which makes me feel like I... Read More

 Have you ever thrown something together in haste, had it turn out super-awesome and then realized after the fact you have no idea what you did to make it so good? Yeah, that’s what this photo here is all about. This is Shake’s second try at the W&P Mint Julep... Read More

Over the weekend, I took my new oven for a test drive. I baked up some tasty Raspberry Breakfast Bars from the Baked: New Frontiers in Baking cookbook by the Baked NYC guys. They came out really well. I’ll blog about them really soon. While I was baking, Shake went... Read More

Once upon a time, Shake tried to make bacon-infused bourbon. A friend had told us about the recipe from PDT and their famous Bacon Old Fashioned. We were having a cocktail party and Shake decided he wanted to make this drink for everyone. We gamely fried bacon, chilled it, strained... Read More

No, this is not a jar of flames sitting next to a bowl of bacon. This was our little Bacon Bourbon Snow Globe Project. Before it looked all snow globe-ish. Maybe you saw the photos I posted on Facebook of the in-progress project. Here’s one: Post by Sugar + Shake.... Read More

For Fourth of July, we usually throw a little get-together with friends to watch the fireworks from our apartment. We happen to face the big show the mall puts on, and although we’re only half way up the building and part of the view is blocked by other buildings, we... Read More