June 18, 2013

Smoked Salmon and Gin.. Just the very sound of these words makes me very hungry and thirsty. ...

June 3, 2013

Four Cocktails for the Summer.... We just had a most disgustingly humid heat wave.  The warm...

May 28, 2013

Traditionally I shy away from Vodka when tasting spirits.  Faced with this dilemma of flavored...

May 4, 2013

Valley Girls is the uncommon name for an extremely delicious soda syrup.  As I find in life,...

March 31, 2013

I've fallen for a new craft beer.  Lock, stock and barrel is the term most commonly used....

February 14, 2013

Spodee and Root, a delicious combination of flavors.  But first, what is Spodee?  Quite...

January 31, 2013

Just before Christmas-time I asked to receive a kit in the mail as a sample.  It arrived in a...

January 24, 2013

I'm enthralled by liquors for more than just the obvious buzz.  We all drink for very...

November 30, 2012

If I told you that I've become inspired, would you believe me?  I hope so.  Over the...

November 8, 2012

The other night we had a lovely dinner at the Blue Morel in Morristown, NJ.  I haven't...

October 24, 2012

The holiday named the Day of the Dead is a most popular one in Mexico and beyond.  Once...

October 15, 2012

I want to become a better food, wine and cocktail writer.  But how can I do this?  To...

October 8, 2012

Cock 'n Bull Ginger Beer is one of those flavors that just won't leave my mind.  There...

September 27, 2012

The Chartreuse Elixir is a most magical liqueur of mystical properties.  Perhaps it's the...

September 17, 2012

Sometimes simplicity just needs a bit of coaxing to release the inner flavors in a cocktail. ...

August 14, 2012

I'm recently back from Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans.  One of the products that...

August 9, 2012

I'd like to tell you about a couple of my new passions.  The first is the Inspired Water...

July 6, 2012

First let me give you a word of warning.  This is not a cocktail for those with fear. ...

July 3, 2012

The Hankshaw Hawkins Cocktail is woven around a core of All-American Bourbon Whiskey.  With...

June 29, 2012

I love fizzies.  The way the bubbles pulse over my tongue.  Some sharp, others softer yet...

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