by Brian | Feb 2, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, Super Bowl
Tomorrow is the Super Bowl. Football season starts in August when it is hot and balmy, real sangria weather. Now, in February, sangria is the last thing on our minds. But should sangria be remote just because it is snowing? How about a very winter sangria, a...
![TBT Recipe and Super Bowl Beverage Ideas: The Harlow [and more]](https://cookingbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/wc-IMG_6707.jpg)
by Brian | Jan 31, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
This Sunday is the Super Bowl and you have a range of beverages you can enjoy. Suzi and I do not drink in quantity but in quality. Five years ago I posted this recipe from The Spotted Pig, a combination of Aperol, St. Germain, and sparkling wine. The recipe...
by Brian | Jan 27, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
A man has cravings. What can I say? And sometimes they are irrational. A few days ago it was barely 20° outside but I wanted a pina colada. We were walking down the ethnic food aisle of the supermarket and there was the blue can of Coco Lopez. My hand darted out. “Put...
by Brian | Jan 26, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I have often suggested that simple syrup be incorporated in cocktails as a “hidden” but on so important component. Simple syrup can, for example, elevate a margarita from okay to superior. There are boundless ways to go beyond simple syrup to syrups of...
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...
![The Poinsettia: The Ideal Party Cocktail [especially for New Year’s Eve!]](https://cookingbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wc-The-Poinsettia-Cocktail-1080x675.jpg)
by Brian | Dec 31, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Here’s an extension to a post from a few weeks ago where I gave you the Poinsettia, a perfect holiday cocktail. I just wanted to mention that there are some interesting options.The key ingredient in the original is cranberry juice. But if you substitute,...
