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Posts from the ‘Beverages’ Category

Oct 5

A warning

I’m posting this because making new cocktails is on my Food List, but this might be the first and only time I ever post something with the explicit direction NOT to make it. Please don’t make this cocktail.

It sounded really bizarre, but we figured we might as well try it and see what happened. But it was weird and confusing in my mouth. After both the first and second sips, Brett and I stood in the kitchen at a loss for words. The sweetness of the cognac, the mint, and the sparkling water consistency were just WRONG together, in so many ways.

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Cognac Stinger

  • 2 oz. cognac
  • 1 oz. creme de menthe
  • 2 splashes sparkling water

– Shake the cognac and creme de menthe in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass and add the sparkling water.

Please don’t make me think about this drink any more.

Sep 7

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Rose Gin Rickey

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I have a “could use” problem. Meaning – it’s all too often that I go into a store (emphasis on delis, ethnic markets, farmers markets) and find food items (emphasis on bottles, jars, spices) that I could use but absolutely do not need. As in: “Oh boy, a 10 oz. bag of garam marsala – LET’S BUY IT. We could use it all the time.” Or,  “Of course I’ll use this entire bottle expensive French orange oil, are you crazy? I could totally use that.” Read more

Aug 14

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Summer cocktail: Basil gimlet

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We were able to revel in a few blissful weeks of real summer before heading out on the trip we’re currently on (look at me, posting from other states! I’m going to make a t-shirt that says: Not a blogger who writes posts ahead of time and sets them to publish later to look impressive.). A real, though excessively short, summer of barbeques, dinner parties, gardening, and cocktails in the backyard before diving head first this last weekend into wedding season and the start of the schoolyear for both Brett and I. Read more

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