The Chrysanthemum Cocktail Recipe Three of our favorite things are classic cocktail recipes, drinks with a fortified wine base, and strong herbal liqueurs. Imagine our delight when we discovered all three in the same package. The Chrysanthemum is a pre-Prohibition recipe that triples down on the...
Making Your French Cocktail Dreams Come True All week long we've been recounting a fabulous two weeks in France and sharing all of the equally fabulous things we learned about French drinking. Coming back from 16 days of frolicking around the French countryside where anytime is...
Cocktail A La Louisiane Inspired by some research for a New Orleans themed party that never happened, we're spending the week celebrating New Orleans' long and illustrious relationship with the cocktail. Previously, we've covered the Ramos Gin Fizz and two of our own New Orleans inspired...
Spirits Week: Tequila and Brandy Last week, we gave a brief overview of the three big categories of liquors, their distinctives, and the part they each play in cocktails. Over the course of this week, we'll be going into more detail on one of those three categories:...
What 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,...