Ideal Bite

Mints are a delicate issue: a roll of Mentos will have you rolling in friends (beware - they might just be using you), but an ill-timed mint offering can really offend someone. I say, chuck the politics and freshen up by drinking mint tea. Great-tasting mint teas abound (I've never sipped one I didn't like), but you can also make it yourself by pouring very hot (but not boiling) water over a few fresh mint leaves, then covering it until it's the strength you like. It's tasty, freshening, and soothes your tummy and digestive tract.

Plus, it's more demure than popping a mint at the end of a garlic-y dinner date.

-Jenifer Morgan...off to add a jigger of brandy and make a julep...

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