Summer Days, Serendipity and a Cherished Colleague
A search for peach recipes leads to a Summer Days cocktail, treasured photographs and warm memories of a cherished colleague and friend.
Category: Drinks and Cocktails
Celebrate the Holidays with a Tart Cherry Amaretto Sparkler
The cocktail pick for Thanksgiving this year is our Cherry Amaretto Sparkler. It’s like a cherry mimosa with a splash of amaretto, which elevates it to elegant sophistication somewhat reminiscent of a chocolate-covered cherry cordial.
Champagne Drinks for New Year’s and the Nazi-Defying History of the Kir Royale Cocktail
Champagne cocktail recipes, a French Resistance member who saved lives and created the Kir, and my grandmother’s death after 100 years.
The Best Contagion: Laughter
Oh how therapeutic laughter is! Can’t you feel it just looking at them? This is one of the favorite pictures I’ve ever snapped. I have no idea if it’s “any good” by photography standards, but it makes me happy every time I look at it.
Seven Delicious Things to Do with Leftover Champagne | VinePair
Cool tips for using your leftover champagne (if there is any).
Margaritas, Perfected Over Time by the Raconteur
Unique & delightful margarita recipe from a true raconteur, more tart than sweet and all good.
Tom’s Spicy Tomato Juice
Spicy homemade tomato juice is easy to make and good for you! Just add vodka for the perfect Bloody Mary.
Pisco (Not Very) Sour
I haven’t had a Pisco Sour in years, and maybe only once, at that. I’ve got a forgotten bottle of Pisco in the bar waiting to be used; it was a gift from my Dad and my Aunt-Mom (there’s a story) when they returned from…
Blackberry Mint Iced Tea Lemonade – This Might Be on the Menu in Heaven
Source: Blackberry Mint Iced Tea Lemonade – Cooking with a Wallflower I subscribe to lots of wonderful blogs written by people who are smarter than me. They’re all different, but they have some things in common: they either write beautifully, are super-artistic, have wonderful, creative ideas…
911 Call for a Hot Toddy: Introducing the Myra
A friend in need inspired this boozy-lemony drink, The Myra Hot Toddy.
Simple Pleasures: Steaming Mug of Tea on a Cold Day
It’s the little things, like a steaming mug of tea on a nippy day in the Colorado Rockies.
New Year’s Brunch
I’ve always felt that the way I spend New Year’s (Eve and Day) foreshadows my experiences for the rest of the year. And it usually does: we’re either traveling with family, having a special outing with family, or spending time at home with family, celebrating…
Pampas Grass: A Champagne Drink
The Pampas Grass: a champagne drink that honors winter grapefruit juice with a sparkling and Midori compliment.
