11 Mar Sweet & Steamy Memphis Wedding Cocktail Bar
All photos compliments of Sam Bumpers Photography // Follow at @sambumpersphotography First of all, it would be rude to not say hello. It's been...
Cocktail Recipes
22 Aug Tommyrotter Distillery + The Improved Barrel-Aged Gin Cocktail Recipe
What we like about the older, traditional distilleries is their dependability. When you buy Beefeater gin, for instance, you know exactly what you’re going to get: a quality gin, that tastes like we expect a dry gin to taste, and works well in a reliable...
16 Mar St. Kevin’s Cocktail Recipe for St. Patrick’s Day
St. Kevin's Cocktail Recipe In celebration of tomorrow's St. Patrick's Day, we've been enjoying Glenadalough Irish whiskey this week. St. Patrick is, of course, the patron saint of Ireland. The patron saint of Glendalough, though, is St. Kevin. St. Patrick's legendary nature miracle was clearing Ireland...
11 Mar Craft Irish Whiskey for St. Patrick’s Day + County Wicklow Cocktail Recipe
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Craft Irish Whiskey for St. Patrick's Day We got our first taste of the Irish whiskey revival last spring at a Glendalough pop-up at Service Bar. Since then, we've grown in our appreciation for Irish whiskey as a more companionable spirit for mixing. We understand now...
20 Feb Let’s Not Put a Label on It Cocktail Recipe
Let's Not Put a Label on It Cocktail Recipe When we went to Hank's on the Hill to do our photo shoot for our article on Cook's Cook about reading a cocktail menu, it wasn't strictly necessary that the drinks taste good. They just needed to...
02 Feb Where to Drink on the PCH: Pebble Beach + Semi-Black Manhattan Cocktail Recipe
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Where to Drink on the PCH: Pebble Beach When we spent the first week and a half of January on a driving tour of California, introducing our new child to some of our favorite people and places, our family kindly lent us one of their cars...
31 Jan Jimmie Special Cocktail Recipe
Jimmie Special Cocktail Recipe We recently found ourselves with a limited bar, but with just as much of an appetite for cocktails as usual. One of the things we happened to have on hand, a bit unusual for us, was champagne--left over from our batch of...
26 Jan The Nora Highball Cocktail Recipe
The Nora Highball Cocktail Recipe When we returned from the hospital on November 4th, it felt like high time for a drink. One of us had been waiting for one for 9 months, nine hot, uncomfortable, tired and tiring months. Then she had to wait another week....
16 Jan Where You Should Be Drinking on Capitol Hill: the Return to Acqua al 2 + Parola Finale Cocktail Recipe
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The Return to Acqua al 2 One of us was raised in California; the other in Chicago. Because of this, while in most regards our tastes are quite similar, we have very different comfort foods. For the Californian, it's sushi, smoothies, and juice; for the Chicagoan,...
12 Jan Boston Club Punch Cocktail Recipe
Boston Club Punch Cocktail Recipe Maybe you've noticed a slowdown in our posting. We've recently had to re-direct much of our attention to welcoming a new little member to our family. She's been delightful, but for a while there she wasn't leaving much time for cocktails. After...