Girlfriend Drinks: My Mom's St. Germain Cocktail My mom. She is the ultimate the girlfriend. Not only does she look like she could be my girlfriend (there was a solid season where I used #mothernotsister in every photo as people had started to think I had...
(photo cred: uniquitchen.com) Should I buy it? Gran Classico (in place of Campari?) In one of the cocktail books I've been reading recently--I can't remember which, and can't find the passage. Sorry, fine author, for the lack of proper attribution!--the author mentioned something that is, of course, true...
Drink(s) of the Week: Vodka & Tequila Infusions Steph listens to The Splendid Table podcast. A recent episode featured a caller who was curious about infusions. She listened to this episode on a plane flight home, and my first text messages from her when she landed...
Black EveryFriday Deals Today's the day we're all looking for the unbelievable deals, deals for which we'll leave Thanksgiving dinner before the pie is served, deals we'll sleep in a tent in a mall parking lot for, deals for which we'll gouge out the eyes of our...
giving thanks Growing up, every night during dinner (okay, I think it was like once a month, but childhood mind's aren't the best with remembering lengths of time) my mom would pass around an index card and pens. Before we were allowed to leave the table...
Drink of the Week: Thanksgiving Smash We've been having fun recently experimenting with smashes. A smash is a very old and, until recently, mostly dormant style of cocktail involving sugar and seasonal fruit (the Mint Julep is a smash that stayed current during the quiet period)....
Where We've Been Drinking: CopyCat Co. At our recent lunch with them, one of the Wigle people mentioned that her favorite place for cocktails in DC was Copycat; just a few days later, some friends of ours suggested a double date at a bar conveniently located...
Since we started Roberts and June, a few questions have come up often enough that we thought it would be worth taking a break from our usual tips, recipes, and reviews to answer them. We hope you enjoy it. And don't worry, we'll be back to...
Drink of the Week: Bushwick Spice Trade The weather has still been delightfully mild. We were still grilling dinner last week, and I sat outside for lunch two days. I hear it may even be warmer again by the time you're reading this. And yet, seeing...
Where We've Been Drinking: Memphis I had the pleasure of spending a weekend in Memphis. I hit up a bit of a conference I've gone to for years, which is full of activists of all variety who make you feel loved, motivated, and intimidated by their...