Drinks

Float of the Month for November: Cranberry Float

Float of the Month for November: Cranberry Float

My monthly ice cream float recipes make a quick and tasty treat perfect for each season. This month, if you’re looking for a last-minute cocktail or refreshing desert for Thanksgiving that requires absolutely no work, this is it. It’s colorful, it’s festive, and it’s fabulous. Plus, it will take you all of two minutes to […]

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Float of the Month for October: How to Make a Purple Cow

Float of the Month for October: How to Make a Purple Cow

Fall is the time when the grapes are ripe, and the grape harvest makes fresh grape juice and wines. As many of you know, I don’t drink wine, anymore, but I do love a good crisp glass of grape juice every now and then. Even better is to make a fizzy and refreshing grape float, […]

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Float of the Month: Apple Cider Float

Float of the Month: Apple Cider Float

Consider this your official invitation to the Organic Apple Festival at the Rodale Institute: Once again, I will be grilling up organic hotdogs from Applegate Farms (and a few organic vegan dogs for those of you who must go without meat). But this year I am adding a new treat: Organic Apple Cider Floats! Made […]

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Orange Cream Float: The Taste of August

Orange Cream Float: The Taste of August

Remember when you were a kid and you got all hot and sweaty from running around outside, and you smelled like crushed grass, dirt, and salt, and you were so hungry, hot, and thirsty, and then you got an orange cream popsicle and you knew in your soul that summer was good? Remember that? I […]

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Fizzy Sparkling Water-Lemon Float: July Float of the Month

Fizzy Sparkling Water-Lemon Float: July Float of the Month

Ice cream drinks like my coffee float and blueberry float are cool treats, but my fizzy sparkling water lemon float is the ultimate refreshment to beat even a scorching Northeast heat wave. It’s hot out. You’re thirsty for something cold, real cold. But you are tired of the same old drinks in your fridge—you want […]

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Ice Cream Float of the Month: Blueberry!

Ice Cream Float of the Month: Blueberry!

I’m still obsessed with ice cream floats these days, and this blueberry float is one I’ve tried that is not only refreshing and delicious, but also so very lovely to look at. I think you could serve it as a fancy dessert at a dinner party. Or, more to my habit, just have it by […]

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May's Float of the Month: Coffee!

May’s Float of the Month: Coffee!

I’ve been a little obsessed by ice cream floats lately. They are thirst-quenching and dessert-quenching at the same time. I’ve been experimenting with all sorts of floats, so I’m going to share a new one each month—they’re seasonal, of course. First comes a coffee float. I invented this one on a hot Saturday afternoon in […]

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'Tis the Season for Hot Apple Cider

‘Tis the Season for Hot Apple Cider

Actually, the season is almost over. That’s why we have to enjoy every second left of apple season, and with it, apple cider both cold and hot. Here in Pennsylvania the leaves have already fallen, and the frost has killed off everything in the garden except for the kale, garlic, and celery (which, honestly, I […]

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