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When Threadless had their $9/shirt post-T-day sale, I bought two. Then, after making some holiday purchases, seeing that they still had a fantastic sale on, I bought two more. I’m wearing a Threadless shirt *right now.* I can’t imagine needing more t-shirts, but they have me addicted.
I realized that all but one shirt has to do with water, and even that shirt has at least rain involved.
Here’s the ones I’ve bought so far:
Tags: advertising, t-shirts, threadless
…does that make the Cosmopolitan a retro cocktail?
Last night I got to play mix-mistress at a Sex and the City themed evening hosted by my always fashionable friend Heather and made a rather large amount of Cosmos for everyone to enjoy. My recipe had all the main ingredients, but I tweaked them based on ease of mix and taste. Here’s what I did:
2 part vodka
1 part triple sec
1 part cranberry juice cocktail
1/2 part lime juice
Also needed: lemon wedges (at least one per drink for garnish), a small dish of sugar or fancy rimming sugar), chilled martini glasses
Rim a chilled martini glass with a lemon wedge and dip in sugar. Combine the ingredients in a shaker filled with ice, shake vigorously, strain and serve in the martini glass, garnishing with a lemon wedge.
I like using “part” instead of ounces or other defined measures because that’s just easier for me to manage when I’m mixing a drink. Another note for this recipe is that I went with R.W. Knudsen’s Cranberry Nectar (100% juice) instead of your usual cranberry juice cocktail because I loathe high fructose corn syrup. Heather had a fancy Cosmo rimmer that added a nice touch, though I don’t know what the brand was! I cheaped out on the triple sec, going for a domestic triple sec instead of Cointreau. The vodka was a reasonable mid-grade, and I probably could have made the drinks perfectly reasonable using even a cheaper one, but it worked just fine.
All in all, great fun and well worth it!
Tags: drinks, food stuffs, recipes
Hit Up Farmer’s Markets When Cooking for One – My friend Dave shared this link thanks to the magic of Google Reader, adding to the assertion that I have that shopping at the farmer’s market is not just a healthy (for you and the planet) solution, but a thrifty one as well!
Tags: food stuffs
by "It" we mean "Economy"
Since I don’t have time to write a full post about these links, I thought I’d share some bits with you anyway.
E. Coli Outbreak Traced to Company That Halted Testing of Ground Beef – A great continuation on the issue of ground beef and where it comes from, and what is being done to keep it safe.
Tests Find Wide Range of Bisphenol A in Canned Soups, Juice, and More – brought to my attention by NY Times food writer Mark Bittman, BPA – the reason why you stopped drinking out of plastic bottles – is lining your food cans and getting in your food.
Media creates concept of media psychologists, encourages them to be unethical, then acts amazed when they are – a friend of mine used the magic of Google Reader to let me know of this blog post. It sums up some of my issues with credentials in the helping professions.
What We’re Eating – Mark Bittman references some interesting data and links to it about current trends in food purchases.
Tags: food stuffs, mental health, natural/organic, sustainability
