It's summer in San Francisco for the next 5 minutes--perfect weather for unheated food! I bring you an easy and refreshing drink, which, were I not feeling slightly under the weather, I would have augmented with a splash of liquor. The inspiration came from a team building event my office had last week… we were supposed to learn Mexican cooking techniques and make a meal for the group, but what actually happened was that the staff there had to take over the cooking when it became clear that we'd become irreversibly distracted by the margaritas and quesadillas they’d given us. The one thing we did succeed on from start to finish was making agua fresca—not a huge accomplishment, as it’s just blended fresh fruit, water, and sugar. Maybe there was some ice, too? Here at home, all I did was take the pint-ish of strawberries I had in the fridge, add some water and a bit of superfine sugar, blend it up, y aqui! Agua fresca! Seems like it would be delicious with mango, any kind of melon, maybe pineapple? Give it a whirl (wink wink)…
