Rum Punch: kasa.com The lovely Nikki Stanzione on New Mexico Style invited me back to finish out 2011 with a sip and a pop of a cork. This rum punch follows a classic style – and is topped with a little Sutter Home Bubbly Moscato … a sweet and effervescent addition to any celebration.
Category Archives: Holiday
Mexican Egg Nog (TV Appearance)
Liquid Muse Makes Mexican Egg Nog: kasa.com created by Natalie Bovis, The Liquid Muse Mixology I love egg nog at the holidays! I tried out several recipes from the web, and adjusted my favorite of those to fit my tastebuds and New Mexican sensibilities. Enjoy and Feliz Navidad! 2 eggs 4 ounces sugar ½ teaspoon…
Halloween Cocktail & Candy Pairings (TV Appearance)
Are you less about “ghosts and ghouls” and more into lip-smacking libations for Halloween? Then these adult treats will do the trick! Drink them on their own or pair them with your favorite candy or holiday dessert.
Introducing the Pickle Back
There are certain holidays that rally the world to drink. We clamor for Caipirinhas at Carnival. Cinco de Mayo recalls our college days with tequila poppers and a bucket of Corona. Oktoberfest is all about German steins and buxom blondes. March, however, is the month that St. Patrick’s Day inspires even the least Irish among…
Mardi Gras Cocktail: Flambeaux Mambo
Did you know that Southern Comfort was created in New Orleans in 1874 by a French Quarter bartender named M.W. Heron?
Sip a Sazerac for the Superbowl
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…
What’s the Groundhog Drinking?
So, today is Groundhog Day… and that little mo-fo D-List celeb went back into his hole. Hrmph! 6 more weeks of winter. Ok, so I live in sunny Los Angeles but I do travel for Heaven’s sake, and sometimes I go to really cold places. Dang it. At least now, I will have a high-end…
Superbowl Cocktails: Kendra vs. Kim
Yeah, yeah, so its the Colts versus the Saints. However, if you’re more into E! Entertainment than ESPN, then you’ll want to whip up some of these cocktails to sip on Superbowl Sunday. If forced to pick, I think prefer Kendra (cuz I was way more into the original Girls Next Door cast versus the…
