Getting a full-grown watermelon back from the grocery in NYC is an interesting business. This one was swaddled in one of those cheap grocery totes and carried like a papoose on my back. NYC can be a real pain but sometimes is a great workout on the ???. All the work was worth it for this watermelon and cilantro margarita variation. And thanks to @grancentenariotequila for the bottle…
There are only a few more weeks of hot summer nights sitting on the balcony here in NYC (???) so feel like cocktails need to be just right to savor this last bit of warm weather. One of my favorite things about Julie Reiner’s cocktail book “The Craft Cocktail Party” is that the book is divided by season and holiday. Found the perfect drink that hit the spot…
Recently got the new ?Smuggler’s Cove? book of tiki cocktails and started browsing some of the most concise + best histories I’ve read on rum. But when I came across this cocktail’s name (and the fact that @cooperstown_distillery sent through a bottle of beautiful Fenimore gin) my first Smuggler’s Cove drink had to be with gin.…
I bought a bottle of creme de menthe almost three years ago and have barely used a bit of it. In most drinks it’s such an overpowering flavor and I never want it to ruin a perfectly good cocktail. When I saw the Charo’s Kick recipe in @imbibe with the fresh orgeat AND mezcal, it sounded so crazy that I had to try it. Turns out the flavors…
The first time I tried sake was 4 years ago when I moved to NYC. I thought it was alright and I would only drink it when I went out for a sushi dinner. But then I tried Nigori sake. ??? Nigori sake is cloudy with a mild flavor and I feel like I’m drinking velvet in sake form. I like it best chilled which makes it perfect…
Thinking back to making my first set of tiki mugs last winter. ❄️?☃ I don’t think I have been this excited to make something since I discovered blogging in 2009, Polaroids in 2010, or making necklaces out of rocks in 2013. ???? I’m getting ready to start my 4th pottery class and want to try making a sake set… But will probably end up making more tiki mugs…