2-in-1 International Recipe Collection: Bronx No. 1 and No. 2 (1977)

How yinz all holding up? Have you lost your damn minds yet?

This morning I realized that I’ve been home for 6 weeks. I’m still deciding how to react to that.

What you been doing to fill the hours (aside from consuming copious amounts of streaming content)?

I’ve actually been doing a little bit of online shopping.

It has been very on-brand with the whole “I’m trapped in my house/working from home” vibe.

• house shoes (grey)
• house shoes (black)
• multi-pack of hair dye in light ash brown
• le creuset tea kettle in “FLAME”
• wireless keyboard
• wireless mouse
• Australian Dream arthritis cream
• nighttime wrist braces
• daytime wrist braces
• yellow area rug
• rainbow area rug

Since we have not yet moved into caftan season, I may have to update my wardrobe with some luxury lounge wear.

And what about the rest of my time?

I’m doing what all of us not in recovery are doing: drinking.

But I’m classy and doing fancy drinks!

Bronx No. 1–made with freshly squeezed orange juice:

A delightful little drink. Sweet, but not too sweet. Gin-forward but not too boozy. Probably because the OJ and gin were combined in equal amounts.

Bronx No. 2, also made with freshly squeezed orange juice:

This only had 1/3 a jigger of juice and one and a half jigger of assorted booze.

This, not so good. Too much liquor, not enough juice. And the two vermouths together…it ended up mostly tasting of vermouth. Not a fan.

But I have a fully-stocked bar, so I can, as they say, try, try again.