I’ve been wanting to raise money for Haiti so when LA caterers Gisele of Small Pleasures Catering and Chrystal of The Duo Dishes reached out, I came on board, bearing cocktails! Stir It 28 is organized by food bloggers around the country and will take place simultaneously in 4 cities on Sunday Feb 21. All…
Star power gets you a lot of perks – free booze being one of them. But, this past weekend, Chopin Vodka did something a little different at the 2010 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The potato vodka company debuted a 7-foot tall, 200-liter bottle autographed by celebrities including Sandra Bullock, Forest Whitaker, Emily Blunt, Kirk Douglas, James…
New York’s first whiskey distillery since PROHIBITION, distilling some of America’s most prized spirits in New York’s Hudson Valley. Heart of the Hudson 2 oz Hudson Baby Bourbon 2 drops Pernod Absinthe 1 tsp apple butter .75 oz maple syrup 1 oz fresh lemon juice Method: Combine all ingredients in a shaker. Shake well. Strain into…
The Thin Man, an M-G-M film released in 1934, stars William Powell as Nick Charles, a gritty gumshoe who marries Nora, a sassy socialite played by the beautiful Myrna Loy. The film is based on the novel by hard-boiled detective author Dashiell Hammett. Although the book was written during Prohibition, the movie was released…
Watch this video from the 2008 San Francisco Cocktail Week to learn more about the Sazerac cocktail and why its important to people even outside New Orleans where it was created. 2 barspoons absinthe 3-4 dashes peychauds bitters 2 ounces rye whiskey 1 sugarcube Swirl the absinthe around a small, chilled cocktail glass. If you’re…
The egg cream is perhaps the quintessential New York beverage. A humble yet ethereal alchemy of milk, seltzer, and chocolate or vanilla syrup, it’s lighter than a milkshake, more substantial than a soda, and as far as many New Yorkers are concerned, tastier than both. The egg cream been so ubiquitous for the last century…
I am a tequila girl. While I appreciate, drink and truly delight all spirits, tequila has been my #1 crush for about a year now. Why? Well, its so darn complex. Its flavorful with earthy qualities. Its aromatic and rich. It has so many aptitudes as a base for cocktails. Its warm and pungent and…
I love a sweet treat as much as the next gal but one thing I don’t like is sweet cocktails. That’s why I’m excited about this Mozart Dry chocolate spirit. Yes, I say “spirit” rather than “liqueur” because it is not viscous or sugary. It is clean, flavorful and distilled from a chocolate macerate with…
