Home At Last! with Patty Gironda

   Golden flatbread straight off the Home At Last! set! Fresh baby spinach with mixed greens, green olives, red onions, fresh slivers of garlic! And three cheeses. Yummy! Paired with Blood Orange Martinis and Blood Orange Old-Fashions-fabulous!

100-mile treks and patience finally yielded two boxes of luscious Moro Blood Oranges. Finally, I was able to serve my Vampire's Kiss Blood Orange Martinis.  I made a syrup of champagne and black raspberry and transferred the cooled syrup to a bottle with a pourer. Same with the strained blood orange juice. Vampire's Kiss Blood Orange Martini 1 1/2 oz vodka 1/2 oz Champagne syrup 1 oz blood orange juice Place ingredients in a shaker with cracked ice. Stir until well-chilled and strain into pretty martini glass.