Holiday drinks are as much a part of the celebratory season as Christmas trees, blinking lights and presents. At my house, Mexican Christmas punch, ponche navideño, is part of my festive repertoire. Ponche (pronounced “pon-chay”) is a hot sweet and sour punch served with or without alcohol during the holiday season in many Mexican and […]
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Cheers! It’s Coquito Time
It’s the holiday season and you can make it a little merrier and a little brighter with this holiday cocktail: coquito. Translated as “little coconut,” coquito is the Puerto Rican cousin of eggnog. It’s a deliciously creamy, rum and coconut concoction steeped with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and vanilla. Like its counterpart, coquito is decadent. It’s […]
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Queen of the 9×13
Merle Love might seem an old-fashioned name but back in her day, my granny was a known rebel. In fact, she was the first woman in her small town of Sedro-Woolley, Washington, to cut her hair into a flapper’s bob and raise her hemline to just below the knees. When her husband turned out to […]