by Brian | Apr 18, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dedicated Drinker's Diary
From earlier posts on this blog, you know I love cocktails that have a fruit base. A citrus syrup is the ideal beginning for a variety of cocktails. This recipe for grapefruit syrup was included in an earlier blog for a Grapefruit Martini, and I’m elevating it...
by Brian | Apr 15, 2010 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Spring is deepening and in upstate New York we are already enjoying the bounty of the South. Fresh berries, real berries with natural sweetness and flavor, have arrived. If you ever question the value of modern transportation, take a look at your produce section of...
by Brian | Apr 12, 2010 | 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 | Apr 9, 2010 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I rarely go right back to a topic that I have blogged, but something this week just kept gnawing at me. The pomegranate martini I posted was good, but I kept sensing something was lacking. Sweetness, of course. I tried the recipe again, with sugar syrup but I still...
by Brian | Apr 6, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Not everything about Iran is controversial. Pomegranates were first cultivated there and their use has spread across the world. Pomegranates are one of those how-did-they-figure-it-out foods. I guess someone was pretty hungry to fight one open, then finally figure out...
by Brian | Mar 22, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Berry lemonades are eye opening. The sweetness of the berry is matched by the that tart lemon flavor. All tempered with sugar of course. This recipe, from Sips and Apps by Kathy Casey, is a nice variation. A berry syrup is combined with cold soda water. You can alter...
