Food/Fashion/Vice: Passion fruit makes everything better.
Darlings,When I first started this blog FIVE YEARS ago, there was a section called: Food/Fashion/Vice to which I have decided to return.I think that Fridays hence forth shall be Food/Fashion/Vice Fridays, sound delicious, darlings?
Food
Passion fruit is like nothing you've ever tasted before. Well, that's not entirely true because it kind of tastes like a tangy guava. It does, however, have a mouthfeel like no other. What I love the most about passionfruit is that the uglier it is on the outside, the sweeter it is on the inside. When you smell this weird wrinkly pod, you get a whiff of the tropics that even bain de soleil can't give you. And it's so much fun to eat. You can eat it straight from the pod (my preference) or add it to anything to make it even better.
Fashion
Maybe it's because the ground is covered in snow, but all I want right now is a pair of perfectly shredded boyfriend jeans, a navy blazer with elbows holes and a pair of white patent leather pumps. The most ridiculously unwearable shoes outside of a towncar in LA. But they look so good, darlings, don't they? Even better with blonde hair and a tan.
Vice
Darlings, I fucking love Mezcal. I've loved it for a long time, but lately I've been especially digging it. Perhaps it's because I quit smoking (ALMOST A YEAR AGO!) and I need to get that smoky fix somewhere. For the uninformed (and darlings, let's be honest, I kind of do this for a living, so I know more than the average darling about agave based spirits) - mezcal is tequila's smokier sibling. Mezcal is made from the maguey plant (a form of agave) and often attributed to Oaxaca, although unlike tequila, mezcal does not have a definitive provenance.
Culturally, however, mezcal is most at home in Oaxaca.
"Para todo mal, mezcal, y para todo bien, también" is a famous Oaxacan saying - loosely translated to "For all your ills, mezcal, and for all that is good, also."
I love this saying and vow to use it more often in life.
The mash for mezcal is made of the hearts of the Maguey leaves, roasted over hot rocks - this is essentially what gives it the smoky flavor. And then you have the joven/blano, reposado and anejo varities - dependent on how long they've been aged.Anyway, somehow Ilegal finds a way to be smoky and smooth all at once. I really really love their product and although I've had many mezcals, this one seems to always take the cake. I always come back to Ilegal.So in summation, it looks like all of these things elicit feelings about warmer weather, tropical lifestyle, sunshine and an ocean that is warm enough to swim. Go figure.Happy Weekend darlings.xoxolcf