The White Lady Cocktail Recipe As was the case with last week's Cuba Libre, the White Lady makes an appearance in an Ernest Hemingway story, but not a favorable one. In Islands in the Stream, our hero Hudson is about to head off to the neighborhood...
Lyon Liqueurs: Coffee Rum A while ago, Lyon Distilling, a rum maker on Maryland's Eastern Shore, was kind enough to provide us with samples of most of their products. We had such a good time tasting, experimenting with, and writing about their excellent and interesting rums...
Cole Porter Cocktail Recipe Thumbing through our Waldorf Astoria Bar Book recently, we ran across this nice little variation on a whiskey sour. We like the bit of funk the sherry brings, and we always prefer our sours with an egg white foam; to us, the...
12 Drinks of Christmas 2016: Girl from Ipanema Cocktail Recipe Happy holidays! It's the time of the year for holiday decorations, twinkling lights, warm spices, and a rolling series of parties, gatherings, and celebrations. For the second year in a row, we'll be adding to the festivities...
Where We've Been Drinking: James Street Gastropub & Speakeasy At this conference in Pittsburgh for food and drink writers, we ended the one of the evenings by dispersing to various Pittsburgh night spots. One of the recommended venues, James Street Gastropub and Speakeasy, was conveniently located just...
Summer Drink Cocktail Recipe: White After Memorial Day Having dabbled with the Ramos Gin Fizz for New Orleans week, as we turned to summer we found ourselves wanting more of its light, bright, frothiness. Not that the original is by any means a cold weather drink, we decided...
Where We've Been Drinking: Jaleo It seems like when friends come to town we find ourselves at Jaleo. It's convenient to downtown and all of the touristy stuff. It has outdoor seating. Tapas is always fun. And the drinks are good. We ended up at Jaleo...
NOLA Week: Ramos Gin Fizz 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. Yesterday, we kicked off the week with a New Orleans inspired recipe of our...
12 Drinks of Christmas: The Christmas Martini It's the 12th drink of Christmas! And for the twelfth drink of Christmas, my true love served to me ...
12 Drinks of Christmas: The Pinkston For the third drink of Christmas, my true love served to me ...