12.Nov.2011 My new column Serious Eats: DIY vs. Buy

I have a new column on Serious Eats! It’s called DIY vs. Buy, and in it I will take a fun drink ingredient and compare buying it with making it yourself. Then I will give you fun recipes! For my first post, I explored orgeat — a sexy almond syrup made with flower water. SEXY!

Cocktail geeks have been going nuts for orgeat (pronounced “or-zsa,” like Zsa Zsa Gabor) for ages, but there’s a reason you don’t see it in many home bars: the good stuff is hard to find. But making your own high-quality orgeat with all-natural ingredients takes 15 minutes work and costs about $6.

Check it out: DIY vs. Buy, Orgeat Edition at Serious Eats

Also, now there is an internet place about my book. You should look there a lot: DIY Cocktails, the sexy online version that is sexy!