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12 Last-Minute Homemade Holiday Gifts

Monday December 21st 2009

So, if you’re like me this year, you might be scrambling around for a few last-minute gifts. (Seriously, where did the time go?) Here’s a dozen ideas for delicious gifts you can make at home in the few days before Christmas and New Year’s.

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Infuse Your Booze: Making Fruit-Flavored Liquors

Thursday July 31st 2008

Fresh fruit + vodka = summer in a glass, all year round. I’ve been making fruit-infused liquors for about 10 years. I get it from my mother, who makes jars of lemon verbena liquor and blackberry brandy (and amazing Irish Cream in the winter). I know the whole fruit infusion thing has been done to [...]

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Peach Ratafia

Sunday July 27th 2008

First off, what the heck is a ratafia? (The short answer is “a really, really yummy drink,” but that probably doesn’t help much.) Merriam Webster defines a ratafia as “a liqueur made from an infusion of macerated fruit or fruit juice in a liquor (as brandy) and often flavored with almonds.” Now, this recipe doesn’t [...]

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