Rachel Laudan

Well, the afternoon of the 4th July seems like a good time to post about horchata de chufa. It would make a perfect drink to go along with a picnic on the 4th, even though it has no American credentials whatsoever. Or perhaps you’d better stick to iced tea or lemonade or beer.
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While I’m on the subject of aguas frescas, Bob Mrotek has a follow up post to his earlier post on cebadina including some interesting thoughts on why both tamarind and jamaica are traditionally ingredients. And while you’re at it you can learn about cebadina’s North American cousins, the family of fizzies.
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Here’s a nice simple agua fresca that is also one of the best: agua de sandia or watermelon water. You simply take a nice piece of watermelon and cut part of it up into chunks. The slow part is picking out the seeds. Then you put the chunks in the blender and [...]