Emergency Ginerator

Name: Emergency Ginerator
Yield: Serves 1
Ingredients: 1 1/2 ounces gin; 1 1/2 ounces Ginger-Infused Simple Syrup (see below.); 1 1/2 ounces freshly squeezed lime juice; 4 dashes orange bitters, such as Fee's or Regan's; 4 ounces (1/2 cup) club soda; Spiral of a lime peel; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 8 ounces (1 cup) water; 3 3-inch pieces of fresh ginger, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch chunks (approximately 3/4 cup)

By Valerie Peterson

March 10, 2011

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Emergency GineratorCookbook cover image courtesy of Random House

Your neighbor saw your 5,000-watt crèche with the Light-Up Holy Family and raised you Three Luminous-Halo'd Wise Men. You countered by adding the Animated Waving Santa and Nodding Reindeer to your roof; he got the Ho! Ho! Hover-Over-the-House Motion-Sensored Santa Sleigh Track. Before contemplating your next move, relax with a sparkling, ginger-infused refresher and review the inconvenient truth of your kilowatt hours.

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