Time for another cocktail from Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails!
Ive been eyeing this one for a bit, thinking it would be a fun one to try, just for the historical kicks, if nothing else. I can just imaging all the New York party set heading out on their private boats for a bit of imbibing just [...]
Another Thursday Night, another Thursday Night Drink Night.
Tonight’s theme was fruit brandies — poire williams, kirshwasser, framboise, apricot brandy, grappa …
I started by pulling out all the fruit brandies and liqueurs I had in the liquor cabinet, and decided to go with the tree fruit based brandies rather than the berry based ones, so apple, pear, [...]
We had a good run of blood oranges available in the markets up here, and now its tapering off, and I found myself with 2 left in the fridge. What to do? Turn them into cocktails!
Blood oranges taste so delicious, and have such a gorgeous colour, you don’t want to do too much to muck it [...]
Another week, another Thursday Drink Night!
Tonight’s theme was Scotch, which I was a bit unsure about, not making use of a lot of scotch in cocktails here at home: however, after a taste of Talisker/Benedictine/Green Chartreuse thanks to Kaiser Penguin, in which I was smitten with scotch, I was a little more optimistic about my options [...]
We eat curry fairly frequently here, chez Real Food Made Easy — for a couple of reasons.
It tastes pretty good, and we like pretty much all versions of it.
It can be made up fairly quickly with a couple of pantry staples at hand, and a pressure cooker
It is pretty versatile and works well as a freestyle [...]