toddy

Sit back, nurse a comforting hot toddy, and allow this gem of a novel to slowly envelop you like a hug you’ll be sorry to break up.

The viewer stops at a village where they are boiling the sap of date palms to make toddy, a local brew.

If we got bad sore throats, flu, croup or cough, he would make us “hot toddies.”

A strip of lemon peel expressed into the mug and dropped in — making it a “skin” rather than a toddy, per the old lingo — was a happy addition.

An offering of three delicious toddy recipes, including a classic one.