Verse gemberthee where have you been all my life! Maybe my singer friends have been drinking this, but this blend of fresh ginger, hot water, honey, and lemon--very standard in The Netherlands this time of year--is new to me.

You can catch my interpretation of Schubert's die Forelle in this history of the song by Laura Tunbridge. youtu.be/jmZxjMBwsBM?...

Sketch of a young Pauline Viardot (1821-1910) by Georges Sand at an exhibit about the Dutch/French painter Ary Scheffer at the Dordrechts Museum.