Peaches and grapefruit

It got up into the 90s the past few days, and I’m am more grateful than I ever thought I’d be to have a job in an air-conditioned office. Heat in the city seems much worse than heat in the mountains, because it feels like every ray of sun just keeps bouncing off the pavement and the windows and the walls, outside is like a microwave. Add in accentuated smells, of exhaust and garbage and people, and top it all off with some humidity. Basically, it’s been too miserable to even think about cooking.

But that’s not to say I haven’t been playing around with flavors. I found a bottle of my favorite BOSC moscato, a ridiculously sweet, peachy, rose-scented wine with just the right touch of effervescence, and nursed it through one evening of unbearable heat in my un-conditioned apartment. The next night I got a little more creative, with this little gem- I imagine it would do well with a shot of peach vodka, or with a dry sparkling wine in place of the seltzer.

2 parts grapefruit juice (not from concentrate!), one part seltzer water, with a scoop of peach iced cream on top.