Oh, thank heaven for cocktail hour! Morton's The Steakhouse in Honolulu has added another tantalizing specialty drink to its menu: Morton's Champagne Cocktail. Sparkling wine, Grand Marnier and Pama pomegranate liqueur are poured over a single sugar cube laced with Fee Brothers peach bitters and served in a champagne flute with a cinnamon-sugar rim for $13. Who says January is dull? Grab one at Morton's Ala Moana Center location from 5:30 p.m. nightly, 949-1300.

— Advertiser Staff

BOWL OF SUNSHINE

LEMON LORE

If Cezanne had lived not in France but in Southern California, his still lifes would have overflowed with Meyer lemons. Plump, smooth-skinned, colored an unmistakable dark yellow — canary yellow, the color of egg yolks or the sun at noon — they're sweeter than other lemons, with an intoxicating aroma that has hints of honey and thyme. A cross between a lemon and a sweet orange, imported to the U.S. from China 100 years ago by the man whose name they bear, the Meyer lemon is a furiously addictive fruit. Meyer's promise sweeter juice, a thinner peel, less acid and a more floral scent (and taste) than other lemon varieties. And they grow in Isle gardens and back yards. For recipes and all things lemony, go to www.meyerlemons.diaryland.com.

— Advertiser Staff