Drinks – Gotta Eat, Can't Cook

Cacao Coffee & Whipped Cream

Feb 20, 2021

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in Blog, Breakfast, Cooking Technique, Cycling Food, Drinks

This piece is really about improvising on the fly to meet the flavor you want at a particular time. Here’s an example. This morning I woke up wanting some chocolate in my coffee. I love those two flavors together – and wanted to brew them together as easily as possible. I pulled these three ingredients…

Warm Antidote to Bitter Cold: Ginger Mint Tea with Picture Book Directions

Feb 4, 2021

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in Anti-inflammatory Recipes, Blog, Drinks, Drinks (no alcohol), Fitness Food, How To & Tips

Ginger mint tea picture book directions

Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Figuratively and Literally

Aug 19, 2018

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in Blog, Cycling, Cycling Food, Drinks, Drinks (no alcohol), Reduced Sugar

First, the figurative lemon. I recently became part-owner of VOmax, makers of custom design performance sportswear. When my new business partner, Raj Singh, took ownership at the beginning of the year, the company was dysfunctional. Business was down. Morale was low. Our objective as new owners: transform the company from dysfunction to excellence. Easy to say,…

Gorgeous November Bike Rip Followed by Breakfast for Lunch

Nov 26, 2017

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in Anti-Inflammatory Foods, Anti-inflammatory Recipes, Blog, Breakfast, Cycling, Cycling Food, Drinks, Fruit, Lunch, Special Recipes

Out for a gorgeous late morning, late fall rip on the bike that featured a good look at one of my favorite cycling sights: Silverwood Organic Farm on Western Rd. in Sherbourne, MA. Sky was cloudy, wind snappy, temp. about 45 – perfect for November – and it all felt great under the Breitz! “Breeze Blaster” windbreaker over layered shirts.…

Glow (Mulled) Wine Picture Book Recipe

Dec 13, 2016

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in Bar Drinks, Blog, Drinks

Here’s an easy-to-make, fully flavorful hot wine drink to warm you down to your soul on a cold winter evening. The original term for this drink, “Gluehwein”, is pronounced “glue-vine” in German. We in America refer to it as mulled wine, but replacing the word “mulled” with “glow” makes this drink sound much more magically appealing.

Tour Toast to Vincenzo Nibali – Sparkling Wine and Rum Punch Blast

Jul 27, 2014

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in Bar Drinks, Blog, Cycling Food, Drinks

By holding the overall leader’s yellow jersey virtually end-to-end, Italian cycling champ Vincenzo Nibali has more than proven his hard-earned magical dominant status this Tour de France 2014. En français: Incroyable (incredible)! In italiano: Congratulazioni, Vincenzo! As a toast to Vincenzo’s victory, which he’ll nail down during the Tour’s final stage ride into Paris today, here’s a really cool drink…

Tour de France Yorkshire Pudding Ideas – In Pictures

Jul 8, 2014

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in Bar Drinks, Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, Drinks, Special Recipes

Right now, here in this post, we’re pausing – just briefly – with a refreshingly crisp Tom Collins toast to a terrific 3-day Tour de France start in England with a crunching win – again – by Marcel Kittel in London yesterday. And now, on to Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille Metropole in France and Belgium…

Blue Sky Pre-Ride Breakfast of Champions – All in Pictures

Jun 15, 2014

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in Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, Drinks, One Bowl Meals, Pancakes, Special Recipes

First, Happy Father’s Day! Second, this breakfast works great any day, but especially on a day like we’re having today in the Northeast with clear blue skies, cool temps, dry air and a pretty good breeze. Just great to get out and rip it up on the bike, which I’m gonna’ do right now with a good…

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