Gina Barberi

In honor of Oprah’s Favorite Things 2018, I started thinking about Gina’s Favorite Things. My birthday and Christmas are coming up, so this should be a handy shopping list for you… 1- Turtle Scrub: I’m addicted to this. It smells like coffee and cinnamon and I never know if I should eat it or rub it all over my body in the shower. Rub it. You’ll be soft and smell good all day. 2- Toaster Tongs: No ordinary tongs will do! They are tiny and cute an made of wood so you don’t electrocute yourself.

1) Put on a kettle of water to boil. 2) Juice of 1 whole organic lemon. Heat the lemon juice in an 8 oz coffee mug (or similar) for 30” in a microwave. But before you do this, make a simple syrup. I typically make this simple syrup with 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup water, boil …then add a couple dashes of cardamom (It’ll keep for a few days in the fridge if you don’t use it up. Boil again before use). Use hot. The cardamom is key. Add two table spoons of the simple syrup to the lemon juice.