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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…
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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…
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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.…
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Sangria de Jamaica
Summer is upon us and B and I decided today to relax on the patio after a day of helping to pot some plants…
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Champagne Whiskey Punch
Summer is the season for festive and refreshing (if slightly frivolous) imbibing with great friends. I originally made this frivolously festive tipple a couple…
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Django Reinhardt
It has been a bit hot here lately. And by a bit, I mean “cook you brain/even the cactus looks PO’d hot”. So when…
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Sangria
Owing to a concatenation of circumstances, I now realize that I haven’t had a new post in far too long. Those same circumstances are…
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Festive and Fizzy
B informed me she wanted some thing festive and fizzy this afternoon. After a bit of mouth-agape monkey-trying-to-solve-a-Rubik’s-cube thinking, she reminded me that she…
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Limoncello Fizzy Sangria
Admittedly “Limoncello Fizzy Sangria” is a bit of a deviation (some might even go as far as deviant) from the usual vintage cocktail vibe…
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Kir Royale
Tonight is one of those great summer evenings. There’s a cool breeze blowing in off the Sacramento River delta. The blackberries in the sorbet…