The Dabble

-food with a side of life-

Fresh Ginger Ale with Chilled Drinks, Sorbets and Treats for Summer

The long weekend went by in a blur. One big, happy blur with fireworks in there somewhere. Our 3rd and 4th of July were spent mostly at our friends’ home with their family. It was nice […]

Drink Week: Fruit Spritzers and Fruit Pops

Day 3 of Drink Week: First, I purposely didn’t include an article yesterday and I will not be providing one today. (I’m posting interesting ‘food world’ articles that I read, spanning a large number of topics […]

Drink Week: Lemonade, Limeade and Numerous Tasty Variations (Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic)

Day 2 of Drink Week: I don’t like to drink my calories (unless it’s for a cocktail, wine or beer occasionally), so I usually pass on all the delicious-looking drink concoctions that I come across but […]

Husbands and Blood Orange Sorbet On My 150th Post

What’s with this week and the recipes I chose? I told you about the Martha Stewart noodle and sesame dressing disaster and I also tried to make a rice dish that ended in inedible mush. Then, […]

Is Vanity Fair? Clementine Granita

The wisdom tooth/dentist saga continues…please make it stop. I was having a decent Monday yesterday until the oral surgeon’s office called and left a rather nasty message stating that neither my social security number nor my […]

Cilantro Week: Salsa Verde and Classic Margarita

I have decided to call this week Cilantro Week because I am obsessed with any recipe with cilantro in it.  The mere thought of a recipe based on its delicious, clean, fresh flavor drives me crazy.  […]

Harsh News, Sweet Puppy and “The Greatest Waffle Recipe Ever”

If you stay busy enough you don’t recognize the truth of the matter. You are busy enough that horrible things may only seem like a nightmare. Something like a family member finding out they have cancer. […]