As you’re contemplating your liquor run for the holiday weekend beach and BBQs, here are two suggestions – one for the boozers and one for the beer drinkers, both with an Americana theme.

Iced tea and vodka go together like peas and carrots

Up first, ICED TEA FLAVORED VODKA. This is a discovery made at the raw bar at Martell’s Tiki Bar a few weeks back. We usually go straight for the fresh squeezed and vodka, but the bartender recommended Sweet Carolina, which they’re plugging pretty hard, and with good reason. Iced tea + booze all in one. It just makes so much sense that you wonder how it got to be 2009 and we’d never been exposed to this on a mass scale here at the Jersey Shore. Read the rest of this entry »

Marshmallow, graham cracker, Hershey's and one surprise ingredient...perfection.

When planning a 4th of July barbecue, look no further for a dessert to serve than everyone’s favorite campfire treat. It’s actually a sneaky way to push some of the work of entertaining onto your guests, which should be every good hostess’s goal. (Forgive me, Martha.) Read the rest of this entry »