Runamok
It’s
not enough to have a beautiful bottle and uber-cool names for your concoctions.
You’ve got to have quality backing your name. Let me pause to have you imagine
a tequila/guava cocktail with ginger-infused maple syrup dubbed Wardrobe
Malfunction.
Your
name, here, is Runamok Maple, a Vermont-based organic syrup company.
These “sweet” people have pure-joy ideas
for blending their many flavors into foodie-worthy meals. Yes, I’d love some
broiled salmon with mustard and smoked maple syrup. Sure, I’ll pair hibiscus
flower-infused maple syrup with blue cheese, smoked gouda and baked feta.
Have
you ever uttered the phrase “They had me at cole slaw?” Maybe not. This “side” often blends into
the background. But with red cabbage, apple and corn, try aa Merquen infusion
in a vinaigrette.
Today
I want to talk to you about Romamok’s elderberry, which is simply superb on
warm tortilla and French toast. Runamok Maple’s
Elderberry Infused Maple Syrup features what makers
call a mix of wild berries and figs with a hint of woodsy-ness. Visit www.runamokmaple.com and
try this:
Kafka’s Mocktail
· 30 grapes
· 1 oz Runamok Elderberry Infused Maple Syrup
· ½ oz fresh lime juice
· Seltzer
· Ice
· fresh tarragon (optional)
Place the grapes in a tumbler and crush them
(citrus reamer). Add the Elderberry Infused Maple Syrup and lime juice
and continue to mash the grapes until you have rendered all of the juice you
can from them. Alternatively, you can put all of the ingredients into a
blender and pulse. Strain the liquid into a glass filled with ice,
pressing out as much from the solids as possible. Top with seltzer and a
sprig of tarragon (optional) and serve.
Watermelon
resue
An
audience of bystanders gasped allowed at a slow-motion watermelon rescue.
Eyes
turned as a rounded,
basketball-sized melon jumped a cart at the grocer’s parking lot, hesitated,
then negotiated a path toward oncoming traffic. We gasped as it paused beneath
wheels of an upcoming SUV which caught it, skidded it a few feet, then bumped
it under the vehicle and out toward the truck coming the opposite direction.
Cheers
emerged as an employee stopped traffic and retrieved the errant melon. It was a
tiny real-life drama for shoppers.
Micro
mask is macro luxuriant
Avocado,
sweet orange oils , coconut oil and bergamot selections sound like you peeked
into a health food nut’s pantry. Dermelect researchers weren’t playing with
their food when they created a new Microfacial Exfoliating Masque. They were
perfecting a natural blend with the trending kaolin clay and THD ascorbate,
which they call the gold standard form of Vitamin C to fight the look of dark
spots. The delicious-sounding ingredients in the first paragraph are blended to
make skin appear supple, smooth, glowing, healthy and hydrated.
So
there, keep kitchen ingredients in this handy red tube of Dermelect in your
bath area. In the summer especially, an exfoliation is a treat to refresh the
face at the end of an adventurous day. In fact, after one of these scrubs, I’m
refreshed enough for another round of excitement.
Darragh
Doiron is up for foodie adventures in the Port Arthur area. Let her know if
you’ve tasted something she needs to try by contacting her at: darraghcastillo@icloud.com
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