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Category Archives: Liquids
Big Bertha
This cocktail is much easier to assemble than the artillery for which it was named, requiring little-to-no concrete at all. Continue reading
Posted in Liquids
Tagged Alsace, Big Bertha, chickens, cocktails, French 75, pullets, World War I
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I Got It from Tom: Absinthe Jellies
It is thanks to Maria von Trapp, God, Tom Lehrer, and that bottle of absinthe collecting dust on my liquor shelf that I am able to bring you a recipe that is sure to please (and thoroughly sozzle) your loved ones, just in time for the Holidays. Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Liquids, Sweets and the Like
Tagged absinthe, Absinthe Jellies, alcohol, gelatin, holidays, Maria von Trapp, Tom Lehrer
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The Draft Dodger
Please don’t worry about my liver. I protected it by consuming copious amounts of bacon, home made french fries, and crab cakes caught in the harbor by specially designed crab cake traps.
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Posted in Liquids
Tagged Bourbon, Canada, Canada Dry, draft dodger, maple syrup, vancouver
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Turner & Hooch
If I had to think about Turner and Hooch, it was going to be on my terms. And my terms generally involve cocktails. Continue reading
Danish Modern
I struggled with the naming of this drink. “The Melancholy Dane” first came to mind, but it’s not exactly what the Crown Prince had in mind when he asked me to cheer up his country. One look at the cherry sunk at the bottom of the glass inspired “The Drowning Ophelia”, but even that was still a bit grim– almost necrophilic. Continue reading
Posted in Liquids
Tagged aperitif, cocktail, denmark, kijafa, michael vick, prince frederik, queen margrethe, royalty
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Gin Blossom Dearie or, What I Learned from Schoolhouse Rock.
Cool as a cucumber; as floral and sweet as her name, but with a little bit of a bitter edge. The blossoms of Spring may have faded and dropped their petals, but this, dear readers is my blossom of Summer. I plan on having several, though not all at once. Ideally, I’ll find a refreshing breeze and someone to peel my grapes for me as I lounge and sip; happy to know that The Best Is Yet To Come. Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Liquids
Tagged Blossom Dearie, cocktail, Gin Blossom Dearie, relationships, Schoolhouse Rock
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Two For You…
I was thirteen years old when Anthony Blanche introduced me to a most sinister drink– the Brandy Alexander. Mr. Blanche– or Antoine, as he sometimes styled himself–rolled his “r”‘s and wore varnish on his toenails. He drank champagne in the … Continue reading
Posted in Liquids, Stage, Film, and Television
Tagged brandy alexander, brideshead revisited, cocktail, danger, days of wine and roses, evil, Feist, Helen Hayes, louche
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Death in the Afternoon
I recently met up with my friend Fatemeh for brunch. I had every intention of it being a long, lingering meal– the type one anticipates when one is finally presented with a rare open day and the opportunity to spent … Continue reading
Posted in Liquids
Tagged absinthe, alcohol, brothers, champagne, cocktail, death, death in the afternoon, ernest hemingway, grieving
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I’ll Have a Shirley Temple… and Make It Black.
Which was exactly what was happening as I spoke the words. One Shirley, two Shirley, three Shirleys down… So I resolved then and there to create a drink in Jane Withers’ honor to make up for nearly seven decades-worth of … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Liquids, Stage, Film, and Television
Tagged cocktails, jane withers, kiddie cocktail, recipe, shirley temple, shirley temple black
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