Green Apple Cheesecake Bars

I found this recipe in a notebook from someone who wrote measurements in quarter-pounds and 70-gram eggs. No cups, no tablespoons. Just weight. The pastry is butter beaten with icing sugar until creamy, mixed with egg and flour into a soft dough, chilled for thirty …

Strawberry Margarita Granita

A frozen margarita from a machine is a slushie. This granita is a frozen margarita you eat with a fork, scraped into icy crystals that melt on your tongue. Two cups of strawberries, four ounces of tequila, one ounce of Cointreau, four tablespoons of fresh …

Sparkling Peach Lemonade

I made a pitcher of this for a backyard lunch and watched it disappear in under thirty minutes. Ten lemons juiced, three peaches, three pears, and five apricots cooked with sugar and water until soft, then blended into a smooth puree. Chilled. Mixed in a …