“Shaken not stirred…” However offensive to the martini purists, this has to be one of the most evocative references in history to a cocktail. (For the uninitiated, martini’s are stirred—generally only cocktails needing texture and aeration [things with egg yolk, juices, cream etc.] are shaken.) And since my only familiarity with this most classic of classic…
Month: January 2017
The Cosmopolitan – Version 2
Thanks to a little show that premiered in 1998, the Cosmo is one of the most popular cocktails of the last 20 years. What’s that? It couldn’t possibly have been t-w-e-n-t-y y-e-a-r-s since that show launched? No worries. I’ll just wait here while you check that math with my good friend, gravity… Hey, welcome back!…
The Bernardo
It was Sunday, it was cold out, we were three instead of four, and no one had prepared a cocktail. Oh no! But then there was Mixologist to the rescue. Mixologist is an app Z has on his phone (available for Android or iOS) that helps you to find drinks based on your available bar stock. It…
Blackberry Lime Fizz
Happy New Year! Here’s to 2017! We hope this year brings you many reasons to raise a glass with friends. For our New Year’s Eve dinner, we wanted a champagne-style cocktail without resorting to cliché. The recipe we followed is based on a recipe published in Style at Home magazine December 2016; it fit the…