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Yesterday, I gave the recipe for arancello in this post. Today, I’m going to round out this series by providing our recipe for blackberry liqueur. In many parts of the United States, blackberries are in season right now or will be ripe very soon. This is the perfect time toContinue Reading

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Disclaimer: Last week, I asserted in this post that some of my ancestors were moonshiners, only because that was what I was told. Let me preface this post by writing that I have never seen any of my ancestors or more recent relatives making moonshine; consuming moonshine either before, duringContinue Reading

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When we last left our hapless Aristocrat and his American wife, they were visiting my current hosts in an attempt to greet us Stateside folk. They proceeded to invite us over to their manse for drinks the following evening, something we Americans were gleefully anticipating. After all, this WAS theContinue Reading