There's nothing better than that first sip of a coffee-house hot beverage, fragrant, warm, and lightly sweet with a flavor of your choosing. But sometimes you just want to stay in your jammies and don ...

There is nothing more refreshing than the floral scents of spring and summertime. And, if you are a fan of fragrant flavors, you will love — and find lots of uses for — homemade lavender syrup. This ...

Steeping chiles and fresh ginger slices in basic simple syrup infuses it with a kick ideal for the holidays. You can add more of one or the other if you’d like more warm gingery heat or chile spice.

The secret ingredient in many professional layer cakes and a kind of magic to the home baker is called simple syrup and it’s precisely that: a syrup made simply of equal parts water and sugar.

Use freshly foraged violets gathered on a Northern Michigan spring hike to brighten up your next tea, lemonade or cocktail with this violet simple syrup recipe. One of my favorite parts of hiking ...

After a long day commuting in the Summer heat, the last thing I want to think about when I get home is doing anything too elaborate. While in the Winter I don't mind standing over my stove, cooking a ...