So after last Sunday’s solstice cocktail experimentation, Jeff decreed that while it tasted good, it looked like swamp water! Green Goddess needed a makeover! Some of this was due to the hurried making of the Five Spice powder syrup, which just got a quick strain before use, but some of it was also due to the [...]
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I can’t believe its spring already, but… here we are, squarely on the first day of spring. I’ve been out getting the garden geared up for the spring/summer plantings of vegetables, and there’s lots of fresh herbs springing forth. There’s a limit to how many you can cook with, so a small bunch of today’s pickings [...] Plodding (ok, sloshing rather than plodding!) my way through Ted Haigh‘s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails … in no particular order! The latest choice was bourbon based (because I felt like bourbon), and so flipping through the pages, I stopped at the page with the Derby cocktail (yes, named for the Kentucky Derby). According to Dr. Cocktail, [...] So I figured it was time to revisit Ted Haigh’s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, to continue the cocktail journey through the ages. Flipping through the pages, I was initially drawn to the Corpse Reviver #2 (feeling a little logey tonight and all!), but I figured I would rather try one of the cocktails I’ve never had [...] Well today is many things, including National Margarita Day, but its also Don the Beachcomber’s birthday, one of the founders of all things Tiki. So while other people are sipping on margaritas in shapes and variations, I decided to continue in the spirit of Pegu Doug’s Tiki month, and have a Mai Tai in honor of Don [...] |
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