The Blue Jeans Ball + Your Easter Cocktail Every year, the Capital Area Food Bank throws a tasting gala called The Blue Jeans Ball to raise money to ‘take hunger off the map.’ This year, Union Kitchen hosted a pre-ball cocktail hour and asked us to join in. Since we’re fans of good causes and of galas (though we usually look at them as an occasion to dress up, rather than down); so we enthusiastically agreed....
Read MoreDrink Of the Week: Moon Over Martinez Having just learned about Don Ciccio and Figli’s wonderful amare, we wanted to put one of them straight to work. We couldn’t think of a better partner for Don Ciccio’s liqueurs than Wigle Whiskey’s spirits. These are two companies who take the idea of small batch, hand-crafted liquor very seriously. Everything is fresh. Everything is by hand. And they keep the operation...
Read MoreWhat We’ve Been Drinking: Sentimental Gentleman Benedictine is probably our favorite liqueur that we somehow never end up using. We have a soft spot in our heart for herbal liqueurs in general, and Benedictine deserves its place among them. Its herbal mix is similar to Chartreuse’s, but a bit of honey softens the impact. It’s very nice. And yet we have a relatively small number of recipes that make use of it. So, it...
Read More12 Drinks of Christmas: Negroni Contadino For the 8th drink of Christmas my true love served to me … a Negroni Contadino. It’s our 8th of 12 drink ideas to make your holiday parties and quiet nights by the fire merry and bright. We told you about how we embraced its popularity and headed on over to Founding Farmers. We were expecting a farm-to-table feast (which we got) but were blown away by the farm-to-table drinks....
Read More12 Drinks of Christmas: Bonal Martini For the 5th day of Christmas, my true love served to me … a Bonal Martini. It’s the 5th of our 12 ideas for how to make your holiday parties and nights by the fire merry and bright. Sometimes, you just want a simple martini. But even dedicated drinkers of the martini might want to get into the holiday mood. That’s what today’s drink is for. It’s the eggnog...
Read More12 Drinks of Christmas: Grapefruit & Honey Old Cuban For the second drink of Christmas we serve to you the Grapefruit and Honey Old Cuban. It’s our second of 12 drink ideas to make your holiday parties and quiet nights by the fire merry and bright. We were introduced to the Old Cuban by one of our current favorite cocktail books, Paul Clarke’s Cocktail Chronicles. Despite its name, the Old Cuban is a modern creation of...
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