Muddle Thai basil sprigs, 1 ounce of lime juice, 1/2 ounce of simple syrup. Add 2 1/2 ounces rum and shake with ice. Pour over ice in a highball and top with club soda. Garnish with Thai basil flowers and enjoy!

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Fresh Calmyrna figs with black cherry balsamic vinegar, whipped thyme goat cheese, and Niman Ranch bacon crumbles. Served with a touch of bubbly.

Puffy pillows of gnocchi (the first potato gnocchi I’ve ever made!).

Topped with fresh summer corn, summer squash, and zucchini from my garden, and served with Testarossa’s Fogstone Vineyard Chardonnay.

The world’s tiniest grapes, from my vines, and a couple of my strawberries for good measure, served with Point Reyes blue cheese and Cowgirl Creamery’s Mt. Tam. To drink: Fleming Jenkins 2006 desert wine.

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Trying the Golden Gate cuvee from Iron Horse this evening. Nice, dry, and pink!

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Wine is fine by Courtney

Zero effort daiquiri.

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Beer makes me cheer by Courtney