Includes huckleberry, peppercorn, and liquor flavored simple syrup recipes. Simple syrup is so called because it’s…well…simple.  A base simple syrup is nothing more than 1 part water to 1 part sugar.  Use simple syrup to sweeten cold drinks like lemonade, cocktails or hibiscus tea without endless stirring.  Dab it onto cakes before you frost them to …

with Vanilla Crème Fraiche & Tellicherry Pepper Syrup Makes at least 50 servings. Ingredients 7 cups + 2 tsp. Sugar 2 cups Water 2 quarts heavy cream 5 lbs. frozen huckleberries 6 tbsp. Tellicherry peppercorns 16 oz. crème fraiche 4 Vanilla Beans Huckleberry Puree 1. Add 5 lbs. huckleberries, 5 cups sugar and 2 quarts …

My breakfast for at least 250 days out of the year is a berry smoothie. It has the perfect mix of sugar and protein to keep me evenly energized until lunch … no sugar highs and crashes.  Plus, it is naturopathic doctor (my wife) approved. When I have huckleberries on hand they are my top choice …

Pureed huckleberries provide most of the flavor of this sorbet, but we’ve added ginger to introduce another layer of taste.  If you would prefer just a hint of ginger, cut the number of disks in half.  They can also be eliminated completely if you prefer a pure huckleberry sorbet. Ginger Huckleberry Sorbet Makes about 1 pint. Ingredients: …

Wild huckleberries taste somewhat like blueberries, but more robust and complex.  Their flavor and beautiful purple color when pureed are welcome additions to drinks and smoothies.  Either fresh huckleberries (when in season) or frozen huckleberries can be used in this recipe. This Mojito recipe cuts the traditional lime down to an optional garnish, and replaces …

Lavender is well known for its calming scent.  Many people don’t know that lavender buds also contain flavorful oils that can be used in cooking, baking, and making refreshing drinks.  Lavender lemonade (recipe below) is refreshing, but can be made even more delicious with the addition of a puree made from fresh huckleberries.  If they …

  Emily from Paper Cake Scissors guest posts below with some refreshing cocktail recipes that are perfect for easy summer entertaining because the flavorings can be made ahead and easily mixed with alcohol on the fly…she calls them ”Cool ‘tails”:   …………….   If you follow trends in the food and drink world, you know how …

Ingredients: 2/3 cup unsalted butter 1 ½ cups sugar 2 eggs 2 ½ cups all purpose flour ½ tsp salt 2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp ground cloves 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp freshly ground whole nutmeg ½ cup buttermilk (when buttermilk is unavailable, simply use ½ cup of milk with 1 tsp of …