This week we are reading Persepolis from Marjane Satrapi.  This is her tale growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Spanning her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, she sees the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. 

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• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 1/4 cups water
• 3/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 6 lemons)
• 1/2 cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves
• 2 oz. Bacardi Limon

Make Simple Syrup by boiling 1/4 cup of water with sugar.

Combine all ingredients except rum. Add rum and 6 oz of lemonade to shaker with ice. Shake and strain into cocktail glass

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This week we are reading Persepolis from Marjane Satrapi.  This is her tale growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Spanning her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, she sees the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. 

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• 2 oz Plymouth Gin
• 1 oz St. Germain
• .75 oz Aperol
• Club Soda

Add the Gin, St. Germain and Aperol into a highball glass and fill with ice.  Top with club soda, and garnish with a lemon twist.

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This week we are reading Persepolis from Marjane Satrapi.  This is her tale growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Spanning her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, she sees the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. 

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Todd's drink from this week is a traditional drink from Iran.

Stolen from Wikipedia:

Arak or araq (Arabic: عرق‎‎) is a Levantine alcoholic spirit (~40–63% Alc. Vol./~80–126 proof, commonly 50% Alc. Vol./100 proof) in the anis drinks family. It is a clear, colorless, unsweetened anise-flavored distilled alcoholic drink. The Persian (Iranian) version of Arak (commonly called Arak Saggi) does not contain anise, as it is usually produced from ‌raisins, dates or saccharum plant. Arak is the traditional alcoholic beverage in Lebanon, Iran, Morocco , Iraq, Syria, and Jordan.

This week we are reading Persepolis from Marjane Satrapi.  This is her tale growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Spanning her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, she sees the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. 

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Persian Rose

• 2 oz Gin
• 1 ¾ oz sweet lemon juice (not regular lemon, not Meyer lemon; see info below)
• ½ oz lemon juice
• ½ oz Cherry Heering (can substitute other cherry-flavored liqueur)
• ¼ oz rosewater
• ¼ oz agave nectar (can substitute simple syrup)

Tools: cocktail shaker, strainer

Glass: chilled cocktail glass or coupe

Garnish: rose petal

Place ingredients in a shaker filled with ice and shake well.  Strain into your glass and garnish with a rose petal if you have one handy.

Those of you not familiar with Persian cuisine may be wondering about this fruit called the sweet lemon. They may look like lemons but they don’t taste anything like regular lemons, as they have a subtle honey-like sweetness and none of the sourness that’s characteristic of both regular and Meyer lemons. They also have a very bitter pith, so rather than peeling and eating as one would an orange, it’s better to also peel the membrane holding the fruit, and eat only the lightly sweet flesh. You can also drink the juice or use it in a cocktail as done here, but bare in mind that as with all citrus, the juice is best when fresh.