Hot Buttered Rum

Save the hot chocolate for the kids. In my search for a delicious hot bev to sip during these next few frigid months, I thought this version sounded the best. And it is. Thanks to the Food Network for publishing it. Originally a Sun Valley, Idaho...

Pink Lady Milkshake

A sweet treat for the entire family with a bit of omission… specifically, rum. Bring the ice-cream parlor into your own home this evening and turn those back-to-school frowns upside down! (recipe adapted from bonappetit.com)

Watermelon Lemonade (spiked or not)

A staple cocktail both with or without gin or vodka this summer in my house.  Watermelon is at it’s peak, and what makes better sense to quench your thirst than lemonade?  Combine the two and you are set. My kids love it as well. They get...

Summer Berry Picking and Blackberry Mojitos!!

I love Summer! Forget about the humidity and the mosquitos, I prefer to focus on the finer things it has to offer like fluffy hydrangea blossoms, fireflies and of course berry picking and all of the yummy things we can make such as blackberry pie, blueberry pancakes and one of my favorites, blackberry mojitos!! Here’s […]

Goombay Smash

Bringing the Bahamas home.  Pineapple, coconut and rum guarantee a mini-vacation in the comfort of your own living room.

French Martini

Whether this cocktail is actually French or not, doesn’t really matter because it is simply délicieux!

75 Cocktail

My favorite drink at the moment.  Something about the combination of the lemony simple syrup with the gin and the bubbly of the champagne.  Another popular name for this cocktail is a French 75.  The drink is said to have a kick similar to the...

Vampire’s Kiss

Food and Wine Magazine published this great feature (October 2012) on a Halloween party thrown by actor Neil Patrick Harris. If you can find the black lava salt it completes this ghoulish cocktail.

Baroness

Not just for the ladies my friends. The raspberries are what make this cocktail pretty, but the gin is what delivers it’s potency. Think pink!

A Fizzy and Infused Gin Cocktail

Thank you to the brilliant Brit James Pimm, for infusing gin with herbs and fruit back in the 1840’s.  Pimm’s No. 1 is what he called it, and when it’s jazzed up with some soda water (ginger beer here), fruit and herbs, the...