• Cocktail of the week: Zapote’s Zapote 70 – recipe

    A margarita using both mezcal and tequila, with a hint of sweet almond for added depthThis take on the margarita uses both tequila and mezcal, with orgeat for a little balancing sweetness. It’s relatively straightforward, but complex in both execution and taste. When we came up with the idea, we applied the same principles as those we have in the kitchen, using only a few ingredients and letting the produce shine. We serve this straight up, but it’s also enjoyable over ice.Chef Yahir Gonzalez...

  • Cocktail of the week: Lulu’s rhubarb hanky panky – recipe

    A vodka martini with a defining rhubarb kick and a dash of bitters to top it offThis came about when we were trying to come up with a Valentine’s Day cocktail (a spin on the hanky panky seemed appropriate somehow!) that would also help us use up a glut of rhubarb we had in the kitchen art the time. And it’s still on our drinks list today. We replaced the usual gin with vodka, so as not to overwhelm the predominant rhubarb flavour, and used dry vermouth and homemade rhubarb syrup instead of sweet...

  • Child dies weeks after house fire in Boston

    The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office says the child who was injured in a fire in east Boston earlier this month has died.

  • House GOP wants to make ‘appliance week’ happen

    During Donald Trump’s presidency, “infrastructure week” in Congress was a thing that the White House kept trying and failing to make happen. It became a running joke on social media because Trump never did manage to persuade lawmakers to put the desired $1 trillion infrastructure spending package on his desk. It remains to be seen […]

  • House to focus just on Israel, Iran next week

    EXCLUSIVE: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R, La., tells Fox News the House is shifting its legislative docket next week to deal exclusively with the crisis in the Middle East.Scalise says the House is jettisoning "themed" legislation focusing on attempts by the Biden Administration to curb the types of appliances people can buy and recalibrating toward foreign policy.WHY THE HOUSE DELAYED SENDING MAYORKAS IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES TO THE SENATE TO BEGIN TRIAL The biggest issue is a potential...

  • House tees up 17 bills related to Iran/Israel for this week

    FOX is told to expect a "robust foreign policy week" after this weekend’s events between Iran and Israel. The House is ditching its original plan for "appliance week" and putting 17 bills on the floor "to hammer" Iran or show support for Israel. GOP GOV CLASHES WITH ABC'S STEPHANOPOULOS OVER TRUMP IN HEATED INTERVIEWEleven bills will be on the suspension calendar, meaning they require a 2/3 vote to pass. One of those bills would ratchet up sanctions on Iran.  Six bills would head to the Rules...

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    OTR: Mass. House speaker explains why he supports to-go cocktails

    Speaker Ron Mariano offers his opinions about the pandemic-era policy, which was not included in the State Senate's supplemental budget.

  • House changes schedule to consider Israel legislation next week

    The House of Representatives will change its schedule to consider legislation to support Israel in light of Iran’s Saturday attack and to hold Tehran accountable, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said on Saturday. “In light of Iran’s unjustified attack on Israel, the House will move from its previously announced legislative schedule next week to

  • Cocktail chronicles: A guide to Midtown bars and nightclubs for every day of the week

    By popular demand — literally no one asked — we are back with another rendition of cocktail chronicles, but this time we are going above 14th Street, specifically, to Midtown. We know most of us avoid it like the plague, but tourist neighborhoods are popular for a reason. Let’s be real, most of us are This story Cocktail chronicles: A guide to Midtown bars and nightclubs for every day of the week appeared first on Washington Square News.

  • Wiregrass Angel House kicks off National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

    DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — This week marks National Crime Victims' Rights Week and you can help commemorate crime victims here locally. It's a week that was started in 1984 by Ronald Reagan to reflect on crime victims. This year's theme is '' How would you help?'' The Wiregrass Angel House helps crime victims by providing []

  • The Aussie city where it now costs more than $1,000 a week to rent a house

    Renting a house in Australia's most expensive capital city is now so dear someone earning $180,000 would be in housing stress despite being among the top 4 per cent of income earners.

  • Mike Johnson puts forth separate House measures on Ukraine and Israel this week

    House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed on Monday night his proposal to pass four separate measures this week to send aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, risking his speakership if he advanced any funding legislation for Ukraine.