This recipe is ill-timed. The first time A tried one of these she was in college on Spring Break in Mexico and was sipping them down poolside. Now it is freezing and gross. That said, this light, refreshing and summer-y drink satisfies all times of [...]
Cocktails
Fall Apple Pick’ns
In this household no liquor is left behind. We have an Apple Muffins post coming up and part of that recipe required soaking the apples in apple brandy. So, a by-product of breakfast was our after-dinner drink. We figured we’d post this first. It has [...]
Presidente
If you are living in NYC then you have seen the Jet Blue ads for “Election Protection” all over the subways. We can offer another form of Election Protection and it doesn’t matter who you like or how much you hate the system all together. [...]
Foxster
We wouldn’t go so far as to call ourselves religious, but we do sincerely appreciate all the cooking and drinking that accompanies the Jewish holidays. We mentioned soaking the raisins for our challah in Apple Brandy, but what we didn’t mention was that after we [...]
Whiskey Cocktails, His and Hers
So, we mentioned we’re getting married, but did we also mention that we are training for the New York Century bike ride (yup, 100 miles in a day) coming up on September 9th? This means our afternoons and evenings are a juggling act between seeing [...]
Good Old Fashioned Fun
Last summer we were on a Vodka and Gin kick — how can you go wrong with a refreshing Greyhound or Bee’s Knees? We kicked this summer off with new favorites, however — all things whiskey or scotch. It all began when.. A few winters [...]
Drug Of Choice
This is one of the more recent drinks that we have tried out, and we like it quite a bit. We are posting it in honor of Father’s day. A toast to our dads — we wish we could make one of these for you guys [...]
Ginger Tequila
This drink below is similar to our Whiskey and Ginger cocktail. The only real difference is the alcohol mood that strikes you when you are heading to your liquor cabinet and, as you can see above, we are often in the mood for both! [...]
Whiskey Cocktail
Our birthdays are almost back to back — mid-April and early-May — and that has meant a lot of celebrating… and a lot of eating and drinking. We have had incredible meals out and some delicious accompanying cocktails. A few notable ingredients to our current [...]
Gin Linfection
Z was a big basketball fan growing up. Sunday triple headers meant spending endless hours in front of the TV watching game after game, hoping that it was true that simply watching something done right could help you master a skill (maybe that’s why he [...]
Strawberry Margaritas
Grandma Joan gave us strawberries. Z’s response: Mmmm… can’t wait to eat them! A’s response: Strawberry Mojitos? Z’s reply: Strawberry Margaritas! Strawberry Margaritas (Yields 2 Drinks) 6 oz. Tequila 2 oz. Triple Sec 3 oz. lime juice 5 strawberries 3.5 tbsp sugar [...]
Mid-Week Mojitos
What does one do with leftover mint from a lamb-burger recipe? We’ll tell you. First you’ll need the following: Mojitos (yields 2 large drinks) 2 limes 48 mint leaves 1/8 cup sugar 1/2 cup water Sparkling water 8 oz of rum Take the [...]
Z’s Citrus Cocktail
When we moved into our apartment, we opened two bottles of wine with a bunch of friends and decided that we would start a line across the top of our bookshelves to commemorate the memories that were created with each bottle we consumed. It has [...]
The Queen’s Sangria
In our last post, we wrote about the CQ’s swiss chard crostini — a perfect food solution for our recent holiday party, and mentioned her sangria. Well, just as every party needs some good snacks, it also needs some good drinks — and since we [...]
When your parents give you plums
Make cocktails. First of all, Val and Doug deserve praise for growing the plums. The plums we were sent home with were fresh out of their yard. We tried them pre-cocktail and they were delicious. But a little alcohol never hurt anything, so we went [...]
The Bee’s Knees
If the Gods give you lemons, find new Gods. Or squeeze the lemons, combine with lime juice, honey syrup, and gin, and try a drink that reminds you just how good you’ve got it. (Killer) Bee’s Knees Makes 6 drinks 2 oz lemon 4 [...]
It’s five o’clock somewhere
We are big red wine fans. It may have even been the Rioja on our first date that sold us on each other. We took a trip to Sonoma this past April, drank some of the best wines of our short wine-tasting-careers and came home [...]
