by Suzi | Nov 23, 2010 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I promised to post a blog a holiday drink on Wednesday. I’m doing it now because of a bit of a deadline: this liquor is supposed to take two days to mature in the refrigerator, but I think if you work on it first thing on Wednesday, you can use it by dinner time on...
by Suzi | Nov 3, 2010 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I said I would fix the Chimayo II cocktail and I have. My inspiration? A map and a memory. Have you ever been in Chimayo? It’s easy to miss. Or to go there and get lost. To get from Santa Fe to Taos there are two paths. The fast Interstate highway. And the winding,...
by Suzi | Oct 31, 2010 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Apples. It’s peak apple season in the Northeast, with apples popping up on store shelves and the tables of farmers’ markets. Tonight, Brian and I had an apple-themed dinner party. Every course had something applish. All the recipes will appear here over the coming...
by Suzi | Oct 17, 2010 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
You’ve probably never heard of falernum. I’ve only encountered in lately in cocktail books where it appears as the third or fourth ingredient. Pronounced “fah-learn-um”, falernum is not something you find in the lab scene a of Harry Potter movie. Although, there is...
by Suzi | Oct 12, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
The revolution in bartending books — in bartending itself — began about a decade ago. Oh, “bartending” has given way to “mixologist” and for good reasons: behind the bars there is now a pool of talent unmatched in beverage history. In the past several years these...
by Suzi | Oct 5, 2010 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Wines are often described in terms of layered flavors, the first tastes you sense and then the ones that linger. I find it harder to achieve that complexity with cocktails but sometimes you really can achieve it. This Gin Mojito may strike some as a serious cocktail...
