by Brian | Jul 19, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, TBT
This cocktail gem is from a few years ago. I always look forward to the fresh and ripe fruit of summer. Real fruit, local, juicy and demanding that you consume it. Or, as in this case, drink it. I am a rum and tequila person. Those are the spirits that move me....
by Brian | Apr 1, 2018 | Holidays, Recipes
I posted this four years ago. And ever since, we make these for Easter. If you are searching for something to put on your holiday table, this will work just perfectly. It is Easter Sunday, a day devoted to the colors yellow and purple and orange. Oh, those are just...
by Brian | Nov 8, 2017 | Recipes
I know, something “Mint Julep” is surely something for spring. But this Mint Julep idea comes from a wonderful new cookbook, What Can I Bring?, a book that you will surely want to flip through every page discovering wonderful Southern-style comfort food. Here a mint...
by Brian | Mar 12, 2017 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, Uncategorized
Tired from a weekend of skiing or cleanup or kids activities? Want to just curl up and relax with something exceptional in your mug? If you like maple syrup and nuts and bourbon and hot chocolate, you can combine them all here in one “not simple”...
by Brian | Mar 2, 2017 | Cocktails, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, TBT, Uncategorized
I posted this cocktail a year ago. My wife Suzi loves bourbon and hates ginger. I wondered how this combo would work for her: could bourbon beat out the ginger? When she took her first sip, Suzi closed her eyes, and then smiled. “This is really good,” she...