Hot Chocolate with Homemade Marshmallows
If there’s anything you should be making this winter, it’s your own marshmallows! They are super soft and melt-in-your-mouth delicious! And if you’re making marshmallows, you might as well make...
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Drinks & Cocktails
Chef’s Pencil presents a range of mixed drinks and cocktails. Here you will find the best selection of winter-warming drinks and summer thirst-quenchers. Browse an assortment of tasty non-alcoholic cocktails, as well as our distinctive alcoholic sensations!
Turkish Boza
Boza is a traditional fermented beverage popular in Turkey and nearby countries like Bulgaria and North Macedonia. Made from grains like millet, it has a slightly tangy, sweet flavor and...
Homemade Ginger Syrup
Ginger has so many positive qualities! It is one of the most famous spices of the Orient and it’s a key ingredient in many Asian dishes and desserts. Ginger has...
15 Popular Guatemalan Drinks (Alcoholic & Non-Alcoholic)
Guatemalan cuisine is a colorful tapestry of flavors and traditions, and its diverse array of beverages embodies this richness. From the highlands of Huehuetenango to the coasts of Retalhuleu, drinks...
Orange and Beet Smoothie
Beetroot, in my view, is a much underrated vegetable. With the exception of the Scandinavian countries, where beetroot is a staple, it seems that beetroot is cheap and perhaps used...
Gross Drinks: 13 Most Disgusting Drinks Ever Made
Are you ready? This time we’ll take a world’s tour for a gut-wrenching adventure that will take your taste buds for a spin. We will discover the baffling obsession for...
Lamugee/Lamugin (Spicy Rice Drink)
Originally from Ghana, lamugee (or lamugin) is a delicious West African drink prepared with rice, ginger, and other spices, giving it a distinctly spicy and very pleasant flavor. It’s a...
Nigerian Zobo Drink (Sorrel Drink)
Nigerian zobo drink, an ox-red or burgundy drink, is also known as traditional iced tea, sorrel or bissap. It is simple to prepare at home and an amazingly refreshing treat...
Salt Lassi Recipe & Mango Lassi Recipe
Lassi's are traditional frothy Indian yoghurt drinks, originally salty/savory but also served sweet; perfect for that hot summer afternoon. Lassi's in general are made by blending yoghurt with water (ice),...
Peach & Mint Granita
A dilemma I often face in summer when I have friends over for barbecue’s, is that their appetites start to wane, with all the food thrown at them. It may...
Coquito (Puerto Rican Eggnog)
Some people think of Coquito as a Puerto Rican copy of the popular British eggnog. And while some recipes for coquito nowadays include egg yolks, giving them more of a...
Champurrado (Mexican Hot Chocolate)
This creamy Mexican chocolate drink made with cornmeal and cinnamon has been part of the Mexican culture since the time of the Aztecs. It is Mexico’s most beloved winter warmer,...
Drinking Garri (Granulated Cassava)
Garri (also called “gari” or “gali” ins ome parts of sub-Saharan Africa) is a fine to coarse granular flour of varying texture made from cassava tubers (the root of the ...
Kykeon – The Ancient Smoothie (Barley Water)
This is an ancient recipe from the time of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, adapted to modern times. It’s nourishing, protein-rich and delicious. Related: Orange and Beet SmoothieRelated: Homemade Greek YogurtRelated:...
Eggnog Recipe by Chef Thomas Wenger
Shortly before Christmas a guest was asking for Egg nog to be served during her party. It came to me that, even though I had fond memories of egg nog...
Amaretto and Lime with Shaved Ice
I remember the first time I heard of this drink, I was a young Chef working for a very stern head Chef. John was a very "My way or the...