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Cucumber Mint Splash
It can be a bit of a challenge to come up with a flavorful cocktail in short order. A bartender is trained to do it, but at home we tend to move a bit slower. If you want a cool...
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Ruby: Grapefruit, Aperol, St. Germain and, of course, Vodka
Neglect. It’s an awful thing. And to be big and luscious and still be neglected makes aboslutly no sense. Uh, no, I did not misspell abosolutly up above and here. It’s a pun. This is a vodka drink....
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Cookbook Review: Vodka Distilled by Tony Abou-Garmin + The Sgroppino [vokda +...
Vokda. The things I did not know, or suspect and was wrong. In 2010, after 30 years of mixology experience, Tony Abou-Garmin wrote the hit book The Modern Mixologist [no, I haven’t reviewed it here,...
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Apocalypse Chow: A Cocktail with That Final Kick
Having a last name with an apostrophe is tough. Mine is O’Rourke. It’s that second “our” piece that cause the confusion for people. They haven’t written down the apostrophe because they don’t know...
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Summer Cocktails with Watermelon and Cucumber Agua Fresca
Yes, this is the same picture as yesterday. And it’s the same watermelon and cucumber agua fresca made with no water added — all the liquid comes from your blender munching away on the watermelon and...
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Blood Mary Refined [and closing in on perfect]
Suzi and I have a few obsessions, like peony soap. We’ve searched endlessly for a successor to a bar we bought twenty years ago. We’ve come close, but a few dozen bars down and still more to go. And...
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Cranberry Cordial Cosmo
A month ago I blogged about a Cranberry Cordial. Then I got a cold and I never told you what to do with it. You can find the cordial recipe here. And now, at least, what to do with it. The cordial is...
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Aperol Citrus Splendor: Just About the Best Cocktail You Will Ever Have
Aperol is now 99 years old. The Italian aperitif is made with bitter orange, rhubarb, different flowers and surely some secret ingredients. At 11% it has half the alcohol of its sibling Campari and a...
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Blue Hawaii Cocktail
I just reviewed 101 Cocktails to Try Before You Die by François Monti. It’s his hit list of interesting cocktails you really want to know about, if not try. Most of the time his commentary on each of...
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Grown-Up Lemonade from Prosecco Made Me Do It
I just reviewed the lovely Prosecco Made Me Do It by Amy Zavatto. No one can doubt the wonder of a Bellini or Aperol Spritz but Amy has drinks that travel down other pathways. Deep travel. Deep...
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