15 Go-To Cocktails: Gin or vodka Tonic
It feels a little funny to put a cocktail recipe so simple on the site, but in building a list of go-to cocktails there’s no way I could skip a gin or vodka and tonic.
Posts tagged ‘cocktail’
Mar 7
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Feb 15
15 Go-To Cocktails: Gimlet
My uneasiness with Sundays is somewhat well-documented here, but starting the evening with one of these certainly seemed to calm my nerves a bit.
Dec 20
Cranberry liqueur
We first made cranberry liqueur back in 2010, as part of the collection of holiday treats we make and give out each year. This has been a pretty popular post over the years, but the photographs and recipe deserved a little sprucing up – so here it is, in better form.
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.
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
Rose Gin Rickey
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
