by Brian | May 14, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I just posted a happy review of Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails. And this is the first cocktail there that caught my eye. How can you pass on a Zombie? Yes, I do watch the Walking Dead on TV [although I have 35 episodes recorded but not yet watched]. I think I’m going...
![La Vie En Rose Version 2 [Brian’s Version]](https://cookingbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/wc-IMG_4801-1080x675.jpg)
by Brian | Apr 14, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
My original post appears below. I just wanted to tell you about an occasion I had to invent a new cocktail. I wanted my La Vie En Rose. But we had no Lillet, just Capel Pisco and Pamplemousse Rose. No Lillet, I needed to cut the sting of the pisco, but I...
by Brian | Feb 27, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I’ve just reviewed the lovely book Field Guide to Bitters and Amari devoted to all those ingredients and liqueurs we love. Love with mystery. I can tell you when I had my first Mai Tai. And how it I made it. The year was 1967. I was starting graduate school. I...
by Brian | Feb 26, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I’ve just reviewed the lovely book Amaro devoted to all those bitter liqueurs we are learning to love. I still have trouble with Campari, but an Aperol Spritz is a gift from God. Actually, there is a an even better version of the spritz I have posted here: Sunshine...
![Gin Basil Smash [which is not the Basito]](https://cookingbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wc-IMG_3877-1080x675.jpg)
by Brian | Sep 17, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Correction on 9/30/2018: I errored. This IS the Gin Basil Smash. It is NOT the Basito. I’ll post that next weekend. Sorry! Basito uses brown sugar and rum. Yum. If I say “Mojito” you know the drill. Mint leaves muddled with simple syrup and lemon juice. Add rum,...
