A Nice Cuppa

The word tea should only be applied to the beverage made with the leaves of the Camellia Sinensis plant. Other brews are usually referred to as herbal infusions or tisanes. They are caffeine free because there is no actual tea in them. The drinking of healthy herbal brews has a long history - the […]

Chocolate is one of life’s greatest pleasures, especially for anyone with a sweet tooth.  Now how about taking it to the next level by enjoying it as a liquid, drinkable form?
Bellagio Sipping Chocolate is smooth, rich and bittersweet and meant to be sipped as a drink.  It is made from 100% pure cocoa and chocolate […]

Oh boy, and they call it artisanal soda!  That is just how elegant Boylan’s clear, complex, uncluttered natural  flavors ring. Redolent with sassy fruits and fragrant spices.  Some wildly proclaim it to be “The Best Soda on Earth”
Boylan’s sodas of bygone days, are so good they could be show cased gilded frames. Maybe American poets […]

The Van Leeuwen Ice Cream truck is a masterpiece of sweets, within a revamped post office truck.  Founder Pete Van Leeuwen scoops up love letters like a postman from everybody’s sweetie.  Monsieur and Mademoiselle Cacao! A special delivery… Each luscious scoop is the stuff of Shakespearean poetry. The soft mellow yellow once USPS truck is a […]

Nothing makes me happier on a fall day than venturing into my neighborhood Starbucks and being welcomed so openly. This visit, my two SB workers were both happy and excited to be there… I had a discussion with them for a few minutes about how awesome the barista and I looked in glasses and thereby […]

I am clinging to Summer tooth and nail, hanging on to every last warm day, every opportunity to wear short sleeves and pretend a bit longer that winter in the Northeast is just a nasty rumor. But I’m not delusional; I know that all good things must come to an end. So around this time of […]

Is it just me or are you ready for the sticky, stuffy days of summer to be over, too? Sometimes I wake up wishing that I could look out my window and see those green leaves changed to a golden hue… a deep red… an orange-y glow. But, no, we still have a few months […]

Summer is winding down way too quickly! I’m not ready to relinquish my teacher husband and children to the confines of school. I’m not ready to wear sweaters and long pants. I’m not ready to put away the ice-cream maker! I don’t know about your summer, but mine has just flown. So many well-intentioned plans left undone! […]

Who doesn’t loves a good drink? Coffee, Tea, Hot Chocolate, Chai… if it warms up a mug, it will warm up my belly. So when I came across Cabaret’s Brewed Chocolate, I couldn’t get it into my stomach fast enough.
Brewed Chocolate… something you’re probably not accustomed to hearing. Yes, Starbucks (sort of) tried it a […]

You may have read Carrie’s excellent review of Fizzy Lizzy sparkling juices on this site earlier this month. If not, you should! It contains a wealth of background info on these wonderful real-juice sparklers. Carrie did such a great job of this, I’m not going to reinvent her wheel. Instead, I refer you to her review, and […]