Thoughts on Entertaining: The Margarita Principle
This tool will solve most party problems People are funny. Sometimes we say one thing (and believe it) but do something quite different. (I say “we” because I firmly believe that we are “those people”,...
View ArticleWeekly Cocktail #5: The Ernesto
The Ernesto. If Hemingway was in Baja instead of Cuba, this could have been his drink. Sometimes with food blogging it seems there is a prerequisite to provide a pithy story along with every recipe....
View ArticleTwo Drinks for Cinco de Cocktail: The Chica Facil and the Eastside
Chica Facil Cocktail and Eastside Cocktail 2012 is a potentially troublesome year. The Mayan calendar suggests that the world will end on the 21st of December. Somehow, we aren’t so worried. But in the...
View ArticleWeekly Cocktail #15: The Nouvelle Fleur
Nouvelle Fleur Cocktail. We generally try to make our weekly cocktails out of readily available ingredients (we have the bonus posts for the crazy stuff), but this week we need to make an exception....
View ArticleThe Farm At The Beach
Breathe. Relax. Read a book. Well, we are back. Or at least settled. We are now at our “home-away-from-home” on the east end of Long Island. One of our favorite places in the world. I guess you can...
View ArticleWeekly Cocktail #24: Long Island Iced Tea
Long Island Iced Tea Cocktail. Well, “when in Rome…” And in this case, “when in Long Island….make Long Island Iced Tea”. While this cocktail is much tastier than you might think, there is no tea in...
View ArticleMixology Monday Cocktail: Long Island Planter’s Punch (LIPP)
Long Island Planter’s Punch. One of the cooler things in the cocktail blogging world has to be Mixology Monday, an “online cocktail party” where cocktail enthusiasts submit and share cocktails to fit...
View ArticleMixology Monday LXX Roundup: Inverted
Stir and Strain’s El Jardin de Mi Abuela. Another Mixology Monday has come and gone, but this time we were hosting. Thanks again to everyone who participated and to Fred Yarm at Cocktail Virgin Slut...
View ArticleWeekly Cocktail #53: The Siesta
The Siesta Cocktail It’s no surprise that when summer comes around, our taste in cocktails tends to shift towards simpler, more refreshing drinks. But it isn’t just a case of the weather (it’s nice...
View ArticleMixology Monday LXXVIII Roundup: Intercontinental
Time of the Saison cocktail. Another Mixology Monday has come and gone, so now it is time for the roundup. Our theme was “Intercontinental” and the goal was to mix a cocktail, or cocktails, that have...
View ArticleMixology Monday LXXXI Cocktail: The Other Anejo Highball
Mixology Monday is back again. And not a moment to soon. We have some resolutions that need breaking….(who are we kidding, they are long gone). Anyway, here is the theme from the excellent food, booze...
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