Dog Days
The temperature’s hovering around 95 degrees, and through the back window, the neighbor kids are splashing in an absurdly large plastic pool. One of them hoists a bucket of water over the head of a smaller girl, freezes for a second and lets loose. Squealing and laughter. In a neighboring yard, a middle-aged man sweeps his patio and wipes his forehead, squinting in the sun. Inside, the cats are lazing on the wood kitchen floor like long, open parentheses. It’s almost too hot to write. In the meantime, I’m sipping a glass of this:
Wine Cooler for Grownups
[from "The Splendid Table"]
* Juice of 2 fresh limes
* 1/3 cup sugar
* 1 bottle of light-bodies, fruity red wine, chilled
* Ice
* Lime wedges for garnish
In a large pitcher combine the limejuice and sugar; stir until sugar dissolves. Add the wine and stir. Pour wine mixture over ice in chilled glasses. Garnish with a wedge of lime.
4 comments:
Yeah, this weather is brutal. That drink sounds very refreshing! We'll have to try it...
Agreed. We'll have to give this a try. It can't be any worse than the pruno or hard tang I've been reduced to drinking.
Lovely. I find even discussing cold things on a hot day feels nice.
hey guys, it *is* good and easy. last time i made it we added red grapes and it was wanna-be sangria.
hey erin, aside from bunn's tendency to cry for breakfast every day at 5 am and suffer the wrath of the spray bottle, he's a-okay. A bit of a martyr-complex, but fine. by the way, here's something funny and relevant that steph said in a recent email. i hope she doesn't mind my quoting it:
"I dreamed last night that you and Justin got a really cute daschund. I think it was supposed to be a personal guard dog for Bunn--I think he was famous enough to need around the clock bodyguards."
thank you for this, steph. might this dream qualify as a prophetic? in any case, i have begun a sketch of bunn and his guard.
victor, wikipedia even has an entry on pruno! De-lish!
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