• The Derby Cocktail

    B was thumbing through Ted Haigh‘s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, when she ran across what she thought might be a tasty tipple in…

  • A Civilized Respite…

    Mom and Teresa flew in for Thanksgiving. Mom, fresh from Australia, and T, fresh-ish from Cuba.   After a decidedly gluttonous gorging of turkey, we…

  • Negroni Sbagliato

    Negroni Sbagliato

    As summer is winding to a close (okay, we live in California; please don’t hate us. Okay, go ahead.) we thought we would have…

  • Dasiy de Santiago

    With this post, we bid a fond farewell to Summer.  It’s started raining and the limes are getting big enough to use, so we…

  • Blackthorn (Irish Variation)

    Astute readers will recall the we previously covered another version of the Blackthorn Cocktail, but which was gin based.  In fact probably the original…

  • Paloma

    So funny story… My parents and aunt and uncle were traipsing about with wilds of Michigan’s upper peninsula.  Apparently want to cap off the…

  • Rosita

    There are few things that say summer more to me than tequila. And good tequila (not the bottle of liquid stupid that we all…

  • Bitter Intentions

    Bitter Intentions

    It’s been hot here.  And not just the usual “No problem; it’s a dry heat” hot, but that your eyes are hot; you can…

  • Venetian Spritz

    Venetian Spritz

    Summer’s decidedly underway here, and to celebrate (actually an anniversary gift), B gave me a copy of Spritz: Italy’s Most Iconic Aperitivo Cocktail, with Recipes.…

  • The Mother-in-Law Cocktail

    The Mother-in-Law Cocktail

    Today’s post is an homage to that most unjustly maligned group, mother-in-laws.   As exemplified by today’s post, they are, by and large, a…