Tips From Town

May 14, 2016

Tiki Snack Mix

Can’t get away to the tropics? No Hawaiian vaca in your near future? Bet if you make yourself a Mai Tai, chow on some Tiki Snack Mix (foodandwine.com) and turn up the volume on the ukulele track, you’ll get there. At least for a little...

April 25, 2016

Blackberry-Mint Julep

Not a fan of straight bourbon? Try a julep… a favorite down south, especially around Derby time. Food and Wine magazine offered this version back in 2012 and I do dig it!

February 19, 2016

A Hurricane

This sweet New Orleans cocktail goes down a little too easily. 12 ounces light rum 12 ounces dark rum 10 ounces grenadine, or passion fruit syrup 10 ounces fresh orange juice 10 ounces sour mix, or fresh lime juice 3 tablespoons superfine sugar, or more to taste 1 large orange, cut into 1/4-inch thick slices […]

October 23, 2015

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.

October 10, 2015

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!

May 11, 2015

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...

February 16, 2015

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...

November 17, 2014

Autumnal Apple Smash

Don’t fight it folks, let’s cheer in the anticipated chill righteously with sparkling apple cider and soothing bourbon.

October 20, 2014

Black-Cherry Zombie

Leave it to Martha Stewart to have a cocktail using black vodka. I found Blavod in NY. No worries, though… tastes just fine using your favorite vodka brand. Makes for a tasty cocktail around Halloween.