Tag: infusion
Neverending Vanilla Extract (Make Your Own!)
Here's how to make your own vanilla extract. All you need is a nice bottle, your favorite vodka, and a few vanilla beans. You just can't beat the flavor—and a bottle makes a great gift for anyone who likes to bake.
Hey, You: Save the Mint! And Make It Schnappy!
This week, I started to think about one of my dreaded end-of-summer chores: cleaning up the garden.
Aside from all the weeding, pruning, and plucking, I needed to figure out what I'm doing with all...
Peach Ratafia
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...
Best Vanilla Extract
It's hard to find a good vanilla extract that has strong, true flavor, and doesn't cost a million bucks.
Vanilla is the most expensive spice in the world after saffron, mainly due to how manually...