Five Things To See Before You Dine - Seinfeld

Written by Nancy Johnson | 19 August 2010

Five

A day doesn’t go by that I don’t hear someone repeat a hilarious tidbit from Seinfeld: These pretzels are making me thirsty! Vandelay Industries! Sponge-worthy! Master of My Domain! Now along comes the 21st century Seinfeld: Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. Curb kicks up the quotable quotient several spicy notches, meaning I can’t quote any of it here. Let me just say that Curb Your Enthusiasm brings the ruckus to my TV.

pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good vanilla latte cappa thing
Serves 6
On a trip to Italy, I brought back a milk frother. If you don’t have one, use a wire whisk to work up a foam in the milk. The secret is to remove the milk from the heat while hot but not scalded. Flavoured syrups for coffee are sold in the coffee aisle at most supermarkets.

3 cups milk
2 tbsp vanilla syrup
2 cups dark roast brewed coffee
Cinnamon, for garnish

In a saucepan, over medium heat, warm the milk, whisking constantly. Remove from heat and add vanilla syrup.
Pour coffee into 6 coffee cups. Top with warm, frothy milk. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

For an after-dinner coffee drink, omit the vanilla syrup and add Amaretto instead.