by Suzi | Jul 28, 2010 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary
Brian and I were in Mexico today. Drove across it in about five minutes. We saw the sign for China and we’ll be there on Saturday. Should take us about five minutes again to drive through it, too. No, we have not had too much chocolate. I’m in Maine and the small...
by Suzi | Jul 25, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dedicated Drinker's Diary
I can’t put down the Summer Cocktails book. The titles of the drinks intrigue me. And the recipes are fantastic. So, I’ve put stickies on another 25 drinks. Seriously. And I entered the entire list of them in Excel with a column for the key ingredient that goes in...
by Suzi | Jul 23, 2010 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Fruit flavored waters, the agua frescas of the world, are terrific beverage alternatives in our summer heat. Sometimes, even the best of pure water can be boring. Conventional sodas have those lovely additions of caffeine, sugar, corn syrup and other wonder chemicals...
by Suzi | Jul 20, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dedicated Drinker's Diary
Did you ever wonder what Angostura Bitters is? And why you use it? There are dozens of bitters, liqueurs with distinctively bitter taste. Some, like the French Picon or Italian Compari, are familiar themselves as beverages — ones that most of us have to develop a...
by Suzi | Jul 17, 2010 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Really Simple, Recipes
Here’s another Really Simple recipe for a summer cocktail time: melon colada Life beyond pina coladas is filled with options. Midori Melon Liquor, that very green stuff in the pretty bottle, is a staple at my bar. I love Midori all by itself or in a hundred different...
by Suzi | Jul 8, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Here, for a short time, is one last blast from Mr. Boston Summer Cocktails. I haven’t lied but I haven’t been accurate either. I’ve said the Summer Cocktails were new, and technically that may be true about the Hotel Nacional recipe here. But this cocktail is strictly...
