After a whopping 16 people participated in the second Mixology Monday yesterday (that’s a full 100 percent gain from last round, folks), it looks like the event is really gaining steam. All the more reason to mark your calendars for the next round, Mixology Monday III, which will be held June 5; hosting the June… Continue Reading
Mixology Monday II: A Tale of Two Grogs
Almost every day for the past 20 years, coffee has been a part of my daily ritual — and by “part of my daily ritual,” I mean the part that keeps me from being a sluggish, surly, cursing-at-passersby subhuman monstrosity. For the past three years or so, cocktails have also played a regular and significant… Continue Reading
The Avenue
I’m still trying to wrap my head around this one. The recipe is from Ted Haigh’s Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails (Haigh credits the Cafe Royal Bar Book from 1937), and I’ve been meaning to try it for months, but lacked one essential component: passion fruit juice (not nectar, or syrup — juice). Not that… Continue Reading
Reminder: Mixology Monday II
Just in case anybody forgot to mark their calendar, this Monday, May 8, is the second Mixology Monday. The May event is being hosted by Darcy at The Art of Drink, and Darcy has selected the theme to be “Coffee” — drinks made with it; drinks made with coffee liqueur; virtually any kind of coffee… Continue Reading
El Presidente Revisited
It’s been a good week for cocktails in the media. Today I received by e-mail an invitation to visit a website I’ve never seen before. Nothing unusual there–beyond the typical enticements to check out the online poker, the performance enhancers and “Me and mY reD-Hott grrrlfrindxxx,” there’s the occasional note, typically worded in a quick… Continue Reading
