Drinking Archives - Better.Cheaper.Slower.

Adult Soda with Fish: Lemon-Basil-Mint

June 22, 2024

What to drink with a nice dinner when you don't want alcohol. No red wine. No white wine. No beer. Just something with a lot of good, interesting flavor. Something you sip very slowly. A great pairing with fish or shellfish. Or veal or chicken. Cheers!

Seasonal Soda: Strawberry-Rhubarb Pop

May 18, 2024

Back in the BCS Soda Lab again. Looking for a delicious all-natural soda with no sodium and no added sugar. Here it is. If your only requirement is big, bright, refreshing flavor, this one's for you, too.

No-Sodium Soda Pop: Banana-Strawberry

February 24, 2024

Back in the BCS Soda Lab again. Looking for a delicious all-natural soda with no sodium and no added sugar. And a lot of potassium. Here it is. If your only requirement is great flavor, this one's for you, too.

Pineapple & Basil Rainforest Cocktail

January 20, 2024

Sweet and tart pineapple is delicious with the aromatic, spicy basil. Thick, smooth, frothy. A killer fruit cocktail. Shake with vodka for the pineapple-basil martini. Rum for the piña basilada. Way better than beer for the halftime show. Shake it.

80 Ways: Real, Safe Diet Soda

November 4, 2023

Doesn't come in a can or bottle. Because the artificial sweeteners in there won't help you lose weight. They may lead to weight gain and diabetes, stroke or dementia. If you're a diet soda user, I'll give you a bunch of good news solutions after I explain the latest bad news.

80 Ways: Horchata. A Vegan Milk Shake.

August 3, 2023

Looks and feels like milk. It's lactose-free and gluten-free. Tastes like a glass of thick, frothy milk with a peanut butter cookie built in. In South America, it's a traditional, refreshing and delicious beverage. You should know about this.

80 Ways: Soda Pop. Better and Cheaper.

July 29, 2023

80 recipes based on traditional healthy cuisines around the globe. Today, it's a Way to tasty, refreshing, bubbly beverages made the way humans made them just before Coke and Pepsi persuaded folks to drink high Glycemic Load colas.

80 Ways: Wine with dinner

April 19, 2023

A glass might be a healthy addition to every dinner. Because wine has a Glycemic Load of zero. And its mild acidity appears to lower the Glycemic Load of the meal itself. By slowing down your metabolism of the carbs you eat in between sips. Cheers!

Pop. Punch. Soup.

March 11, 2023

Ginger Punch. Goes Three Ways. A delicious soda; just squirt in some sparkling water. Cold fruit soup - a great first course or dessert. Or a delicious non-alcoholic punch, though you could do something about the alcohol and make a fourth Way.

4 degrees, -18 windchill. Hot Lemon?

January 14, 2023

That's the question at breakfast every morning ... if you're in Nepal. If you're in North America this week, it's the answer. Easily habit-forming. Great for recharging your immune system. A very good habit at this time of year.