As someone who spent over 10 years working in some of the world’s best bars and restaurants, I don’t flinch at the thought of an elaborate multistep recipe that yields a very specific single cocktail.

When it comes to putting food by, there's nothing more basic, straightforward or wholesome than fruit in syrup. Talk about simple: exquisite, picked-at-peak-of-perfection Northwest peaches, nestled ...

Passion fruit adds zing to this easy amaro spritz. The Como Spritz is a fruity and bittersweet Prosecco cocktail made with Cynar amaro, tangy passion fruit syrup, fresh lemon juice, and sparkling wine ...

Drizzle rose hip syrup over pancakes or into tea to add a sweet-tart flavor and vitamin C. Create a rosehip syrup recipe with honey made from rose hips, a little fruit left behind after a rose blooms.

Rose, jasmine, honeysuckle, lavender -- are pure romance. And lemon verbena, that wonderfully aromatic herb with slender green leaves, may be the most romantic of them all. Its captivating perfume is ...