Perfect Shirley Temple

I can’t think of anything more summery or 4th of July-ish than a Shirley Temple to drink with your lunch. 

Charlie Bucket’s Brew

I’m really not a giant fan of “Semi-Homemade” cooking – the show or the method.  I’d rather be all the way homemade or taken for some all-the-way-made-by-someone-else edibles.  I’m not saying I don’t use anything out of a can.  I don’t enjoy carefully picking thru dry black beans for pebbles, rinsing until the water runs clear, soaking overnight, eventually simmering