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When a blogger disappears for a while one of two things may have happened. Either she has been engaged to write a cookbook or she has been traveling, trekking through Abruzzo on the trail with five hundred sheep. Oh no wait – that trekking thing, that was my friend Linda of Ciao Chow Linda<\/a>. And as for the book, no publisher has come knocking yet.<\/p>\n
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No, there is something else that can keep a woman out of her kitchen and away from her computer. And that something is a home remodeling project. All-consuming. The Mother of All Decision Making Endeavors, a home remodel is a life changing experience. To those readers and friends who have expressed their concern at my overlong absence, thank you. Your kind words and thoughts have meant the world to me.<\/p>\n
Bart and I have been living in a rental home across the street from “the project.” The truth is that when you’ve got no real home to call your own, you need a bar. That way you can make a good cocktail. That way you can get through a project like this.<\/p>\n
I’ve been experimenting of late with Averna<\/a>, Sicily’s famous amaro<\/a>. First developed by Sicilian friars, production was given over to Salvatore Averna in 1868. Like all amari, it is big and bittersweet, sort of like watching as an army of workmen tear down your home of twenty-five years.<\/p>\n
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Long thought of as primarily a digestivo, Averna has taken on new life as innovative barmen and women come up with mixed drinks like the Palermo and the Viale. Lush and thick, chameleon-like Averna blends beautifully with other spirits such as rye and vodka, and it’s a marriage made in heaven with citrus, especially blood oranges or orange bitters. The herbal aroma gives way to tasting notes of dark chocolate, vanilla pipe tobacco, coffee and citrus underpinned with licorice and laced with dark, sweet caramel.<\/p>\n
Averna is particularly good in long drinks mixed with ginger beer, perfect for Southern California’s triple-digit heat. As for the ginger beer, get the good stuff. Get Fever-Tree<\/a>. At once bright, bracing, earthy and aromatic, its pure, fresh ginger flavor comes from the masterful blending of three gingers from Nigeria, Cochin and the Ivory Coast, astounding complements to the multi-layered flavor notes of the Averna.<\/p>\n
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No, there is something else that can keep a woman out of her kitchen and away from her computer. And that something is a home remodeling project. All-consuming. The Mother of All Decision Making Endeavors, a home remodel is a life changing experience. To those readers and friends who have expressed their concern at my overlong absence, thank you. Your kind words and thoughts have meant the world to me.<\/p>\n Bart and I have been living in a rental home across the street from “the project.” The truth is that when you’ve got no real home to call your own, you need a bar. That way you can make a good cocktail. That way you can get through a project like this.<\/p>\n I’ve been experimenting of late with Averna<\/a>, Sicily’s famous amaro<\/a>. First developed by Sicilian friars, production was given over to Salvatore Averna in 1868. Like all amari, it is big and bittersweet, sort of like watching as an army of workmen tear down your home of twenty-five years.<\/p>\n Long thought of as primarily a digestivo, Averna has taken on new life as innovative barmen and women come up with mixed drinks like the Palermo and the Viale. Lush and thick, chameleon-like Averna blends beautifully with other spirits such as rye and vodka, and it’s a marriage made in heaven with citrus, especially blood oranges or orange bitters. The herbal aroma gives way to tasting notes of dark chocolate, vanilla pipe tobacco, coffee and citrus underpinned with licorice and laced with dark, sweet caramel.<\/p>\n Averna is particularly good in long drinks mixed with ginger beer, perfect for Southern California’s triple-digit heat. As for the ginger beer, get the good stuff. Get Fever-Tree<\/a>. At once bright, bracing, earthy and aromatic, its pure, fresh ginger flavor comes from the masterful blending of three gingers from Nigeria, Cochin and the Ivory Coast, astounding complements to the multi-layered flavor notes of the Averna.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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