Last week I mentioned I'm starting up a new cocktail series and I kicked it off with a Grapefruit Thyme spritzer. As  I was brainstorming for this week's recipe, I noticed my mint box was overflowing with fresh leaves and really needed to get pruned...

My first encounter with the term blood orange was actually with the San Pellegrino drink. Not to be confused with the traditional Aranciata flavor, the Aranciata Rossa flavor was introduced to me by one of my fancy food loving best friends. Blood orange has a...