Category: recipes
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Irish Coffee: It’s All in the Cream
In Ireland a few weeks ago, I had Irish Coffee three times in as many days. Irish Coffee was invented in Ireland and is credited to a bar at the Shannon airport. Then it was recreated in San Francisco at the Buena Vista. Its popularity in the US helped it travel back to Ireland where…
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Flowers and Champagne
Here's something you already know: Sparkling wine + Floral liqueur = fun drink. I hadn't realized until I started writing my latest Fine Cooking blog entry just how many new floral liqueurs have hit the market. In recent years several new floral liqueurs have been brought to market, including St. Germain (elderflower), Esprit de June…
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The Anti-Malarial Further Fortified Fortified Wine Cocktail
In my latest post for FineCooking.com, I touch on Dubonnet and the Dubonnet Cocktail. Dubonnet was invented as an anti-malarial wine. It's useful even if you don't have a mosquito problem. Read! Learn! Behold!
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Back In My Day, It Was Called A New-Fashioned
In my latest post for FineCooking.com, I cover the history of the cocktail- the original one. I'm sure you've heard of it: spirit, sugar, water, bitters.
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Spicy Mary
A bunch of years ago I tried to sell a book on infusions, because there weren't any at the time. In some ways I'm glad it didn't sell, because my cocktail knowledge and abilities are so much better now that I would have been embarrassed by many of the cocktail recipes you were supposed to…
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Cheers to Rudolph, Not the Reindeer
(Image courtesy of Cherry Heering.) In my latest blog post at FineCooking.com, I introduce the Blood and Sand. The cocktail was almost certainly created in honor of the 1922 silent movie of the same name, staring Rudolph Valentino. I've also written a long story about all the different ways bartenders are changing this drink, but…
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Hot Buttered Fun
Hot Buttered Fun would be a good party band name, right? My latest post on FineCooking.com is up. It's a recipe for the Hot Buttered Anejo, which is a hot buttered tequila that I had one night when the brand Avion was pouring drinks at Elixir. Check it out here.
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Chartreuse + Chocolate = Delicious
The week before Paul Clarke wrote about the same topic to make it look like I ripped him off, I wrote my next blog entry for FineCooking.com, about the magical mystery combination of Chartreuse liqueur and chocolate. While Paul was creative and found four drinks that combine the two ingredients, I went to Jamie Boudreau and…
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Turkey Cocktail
In my latest post on FineCooking.com, I tell the tale of a recent Thanksgiving tradition: drinking Wild Turkey. I also link to my experiments with Wild Tofurkey and share a new-fangled Old Fashioned recipe from the brand. Check it out here.
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On FineCooking.com: Homemade Grenadine and the Jack Rose Cocktail
Please check out my latest blog entry on FineCooking.com. It's about making your own grenadine and the Jack Rose cocktail. Read it here, and feel free to comment (over there) on your own grenadine or Jack Rose recipe improvements.