by Brian | Jan 11, 2019 | Cocktails, Dedicated Drinker's Diary
Last year I reviewed the Cocktail Cookbook by Oskar Kinberg, a brilliant book of cocktail sophistication. Oskar says this one beverage is his favorite in the entire book: a marriage of rum, milk, sugar, banana and, yes, a fig leaf. That fig leave provides a...
by Brian | Nov 6, 2018 | Cocktails, Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Globalization is an interesting and important. For twenty years or more, we’ve been told about its benefits and the dangers. Culinary globalization, like the spread of cocktails around the world, is intense. There is no globalization danger in this book. There are...
by Brian | Apr 15, 2018 | Cocktails, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
It’s spring, the season trademarked by the palette of green colors now arriving everywhere. Each new set of leaves from bushes and trees comes with its own native color, one that will gracefully mellow day by day until fall arrives. In our country home, our bedroom...
by Brian | Jan 3, 2018 | Cocktails, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
A month ago I blogged about a Cranberry Cordial. Then I got a cold and I never told you what to do with it. You can find the cordial recipe here. And now, at least, what to do with it. The cordial is vodka and cranberries, diluted with cranberry juice and sweetened...
by Brian | Sep 21, 2017 | Cocktails, TBT
This has been a strange summer. “These are rotten,” Suzen announced to me. I had brought home peaches from the farmers market and they were soft to be sure. But, not close to rotten and very, very sweet. Perfect for this beverage. Or the smoothie of your...
by Brian | Aug 14, 2017 | Cocktails, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I know, people think of the Whisky Sour as a rather Old Fashioned beverage. Pun intended, thank you. And the classic recipe can be very simple, starkly simple. On the Crown Royal website, they propose just four ingredients: 5 ounces Crown royal Delux Whisky .5 ounces...
