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Before, during or after, what you serve as a drink can add to the flavor of any meal. Find some suggestions here and in the recipe index.

+ When serving spicy food, serve a hot drink, such as tea, to help with a hot mouth. Drinks such as water actually add to the heat.

+ Add some pizazz to your water with a sprinkle of ginger, or flavor your water with mint, lemongrass or parsley.

+ Use allspice, cinnamon and cloves to turn regular table wine into a wonderful mulled wine.

+ To create a warm apple cider, add allspice, cloves and a dash of nutmeg.

+ Spice up your Bloody Mary by adding Tabasco sauce, Spanish smoked paprika and black pepper.

+ A slice of orange helps to bring out the flavor of wheat beer.

+ When adding herbs and spices to tea, use the leaves not a ground variety when possible. The leaves release flavor as they boil while a ground spice will not.

+ To create sage tea add sage leaves, sugar, lemon rind and lemon juice to boiling water. Simmer for 30 minutes and then strain.

+ Create your own herbal tea by adding different herbs and spices. Common spices are cinnamon, ginger, chamomile and peppermint.