Happy New Year's Eve! How do you like to ring in the new year? Party? Bar hop? Curled up with a good book and asleep before the ball ...

Happy Christmas! Even though it's not my holiday, I can't help but enjoy the music and lights and festivities of this beautiful s...

Not gonna lie. The first time I heard about hot buttered rum I thought the idea sounded nauseating. But over the years, whenever I heard ...

If it's December, there must be a bag of cranberries in my refrigerator at all times. So many delicious possibilities.  Cranberry sau...

I like my sweets salty and my salty snacks sweet. In other words, I'm obsessed with chocolate covered pretzels. Anytime I find myself...

So Thanksgiving is over.  You've feasted and indulged and slept it off.  And chances are you have some leftovers in the fridge to las...

Thanksgiving is one week away and I'm sure you've got your dinner menus planned. But what about your cocktail menu? Oh, were you ...

If you've been reading Hungry Couple this week then you know it's Cookie Week! I've made Dark and Crunchy Peanut Butter Cooki...

There are drinks that are downed in a hurry, maybe to relax or take the edge off, and others that are more of an event.  Personally, I...

There's a chill in the air, the leaves are changing colors and the pumpkin cocktails are flowing freely around here. Mixed with the w...

The other day I was poaching pears in a ginger syrup for a cheese course dish and the aroma was intoxicating. Even the next morning, my k...

In case you were concerned that we're already more than a week into October and there haven't been any pumpkin cocktails, rest ea...

We've been having a mini heatwave in New York the last couple of weeks.  The last bits of summer intruding into our fall. So the boun...

The basic daiquiri is a wonderfully simple and tasty classic.  Just three ingredients - rum, lime and sugar.  But those few components bl...

I still remember the first time I heard about apple martinis. It sounded so unusual and intriguing and, when I was at a restaurant that o...

The temperature has finally fallen a bit around here.  Still warm but no longer hot.  The summer fruits are disappearing, replaced by lov...

Now that Labor Day weekend has come and gone, we're in that place between mourning the passing of summer and the anticipation of aut...

Even though we're quickly coming up on Labor Day weekend, I'm taking advantage of the last bits of summer I can grab.  There'...

For the last few years, late August has meant vacation heaven on the coast of Maine.  We know where to stay, where to eat and definitely...

I've been waiting for the August peaches!  In some ways, they're a frustrating fruit because they're available in my market a...