• Desert Island Bourbon

    Desert Island Bourbon

    I was sitting in my chair having my usual nightcap and contemplating how the news feed on my phone seems to be alarmingly full…

  • Mon Nouvel Ami

    Mon Nouvel Ami

    This is another in our new series of cocktails from David Lebovitz‘s Drinking French…. This one is actually David’s riff on a classic cocktail…

  • Tangerine Spritz

    Tangerine Spritz

    This is the first in series of cocktails from David Lebovitz‘s Drinking French… B got this book when it came out last week. We…

  • The Fitzgerald Cocktail

    The Fitzgerald Cocktail

    Admittedly, 2019 was not a prolific year for Molecular Drinking. To help get 2020 off to a more auspicious start, our Meyer lemon tree…

  • Ideal Cocktail

    Ideal Cocktail

    I was perusing the newly revised edition of the Waldorf Astoria Bar Book that my in laws gave me this past Christmas, when I…

  • Pomegranate Margarita

    Pomegranate Margarita

    There are times when circumstances necessitate invention.  It’s pomegranate season here and we have a lot of them.  We also have a serious juicer. …

  • Cappelletti Spritz

    Cappelletti Spritz

    B was exceptionally generous this birthday and indulged my love of obscure booze.  To this end, I got two different amaro that I didn’t…

  • The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail

    The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail

    It’s gotten warm here and our lime tree had a couple of limes ready for picking (yah, this is a really good place to…

  • Spring Is in the Air

    Spring Is in the Air

    Spring is here.  The plum tree is in bloom–okay, it’s the first year. And when I say in bloom, I mean “It has a…

  • Orange Season

    Orange Season

    It’s currently orange season here in California, and our orange tree has been fruitful.  This poses a bit of a challenge as orange juice…