Between the dusty cliffs of the Hadramout desert lies a valley of prickly trees and honey bees, where one of the world’s great aphrodisiacs accumulates in golden pools. But… like a mirage, there’s another, glimmering view of Yemen. How do you know it’s springtime in Yemen? So much of Yemen is dusty: sand overwhelms the northern stretches in an area called “Rub’ al Khali” or the “Empty Quarter” even ancient skyscrapers are made of sun-baked mud, as can be found in the town of Shibam. After all, it’s as simple as stewing hunks of … Read More Let them play with the recipe, and encourage them to invent their own favorite punch. Punch came before refrigerators and standardization, each batch unlike the next, tasting only ‘of the moment.’ Once young children “get” the concept behind punch, they may begin to taste the individual fruits (or at least show interest in trying). This a good opportunity to remind our children that fruit punch is made from soft, sweet fruit – a seasonal thing, reliant on agreeable weather and the absence of pests. At seven-years old, Ava has never considered what “punch” is, or how it might be made. An opportunity for our children At my grocery store, punch typically comes in a bottle or, more commonly, a box with a straw. The chilled punch quenches with ripe pear, apple, and plum, while a sprig of basil lends the memory of summer. Today, we enjoy an autumn fruit punch from the heart of Uzbekistan’s Kyzyl Kum desert, shared with me by Paul Salopek, National Geographic fellow and journalist.
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