In a little over 5 months, it will be summer again. I’m not one to usually yearn for June, but today I was. Why? Could be spending the afternoon watching the Ohio State Women’s hockey game at the ice rink… or because tonight the temperature is supposed to drop to nearly 0 deg. F… or the frozen Ohio summer strawberries I found in the freezer. At any rate, when I went to make myself a [...]

For her second birthday in September, our daughter was given an aquarium containing two danio fish, whom she quickly named Yellow and Red. This morning while I was cooking breakfast, she poured her milk in the tank. “It looks cloudy,” she said. I took the fish out, but sadly Yellow did not survive. (He has not been looking healthy for the last week anyways.) What does this have to do with alcohol? Well, after Alex [...]

With what did we toast the New Year? Saketinis. Of course Sake is Japanese in origin, but there are several quite nice American sakes available. Most of them come from California. The recipe: 1 ounce vodka (Skyy) 1 ounce sake (Ozeki) 1/4 ounce vermouth (optional depending on your taste) Shake with cracked ice and strain into chilled cocktail glasses. The taste is very mild and nicely refreshing.