{"id":2446740,"date":"2019-07-25T02:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=309926"},"modified":"2019-07-25T02:50:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T08:50:00","slug":"libations-carolyns-maternity-leave-with-a-botanical-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/libations-carolyns-maternity-leave-with-a-botanical-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"Libations: \u2018Carolyn\u2019s Maternity Leave\u2019 with a botanical twist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A few years back a friend called me from The Black Pearl, a restaurant in Newport Beach, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t really talk right now but there is a drink on the menu that I had to tell you about,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s called a \u2018Carolyn\u2019s Maternity Leave.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, that\u2019s really funny,\u201d I replied, laughing at the reference to my name and the fact that I have no reason to ever be on maternity leave.<\/p>\n

She said, \u201cWait, no! That\u2019s not the best part. Listen to what it is: A tall glass of ice with vodka and Fresca!\u201d<\/p>\n

It just happens that\u2019s my all-time favorite summertime drink.<\/p>\n

And for Fresca to even be on a restaurant\u2019s menu is amazing.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been enjoying Maternity Leaves for as long as \u2026 well \u2026 as long as it\u2019s been possible for me to even be on one, if you catch my drift.<\/p>\n

While I have enjoyed imbibing this simple, refreshing cocktail for decades, I recently changed it up after I was exposed to Kettle One Botanical at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen last month.<\/p>\n

The 100% non-GMO grain vodka is distilled in small batches through traditional copper pot stills. After distillation, the vodka is infused with the natural essence of fresh botanicals.<\/p>\n

Kettle One offers three blends: grapefruit and rose, cucumber and mint, and peach and orange blossom.<\/p>\n

I was first introduced to the grapefruit and rose blend with just club soda, which was delicious.<\/p>\n

Any of them on their own, over ice, is just as good.<\/p>\n

But I like adding even more citrus from the Fresca to accentuate the flavors of grapefruit and rose.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like I found the alcoholic equivalent of chocolate and peanut butter.<\/p>\n

Kettle One touts that the botanical vodka has 40% fewer calories than a glass of white wine because the process delivers a lower \u201cABV\u201d spirit.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no sugar, artificial sweeteners or artificial flavors. That certainly helps when you are mixing it with fake flavors in a diet soda.<\/p>\n

But hey, at 73 calories and zero carbs per serving with the vodka, and zero calories and 1 gram of carbs in a can of Fresca, I can stay on maternity leave in the botanical gardens of summer without gaining a pound.<\/p>\n

Cheers to Carolyn\u2019s Maternity Leave with a twist!<\/p>\n

csackariason@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few years back a friend called me from The Black Pearl, a restaurant in Newport Beach, Rhode Island. \u201cI can\u2019t really talk right now but there is a drink on the menu that I had to tell you about,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s called a \u2018Carolyn\u2019s Maternity Leave.\u2019\u201d \u201cOh, that\u2019s really funny,\u201d I replied, laughing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2446740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 23:45:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}