First, did you have a wine and cookie decorating party this past weekend? If you didn’t, you should. Here’s how to plan one. Thinking of starting a vintage cocktail glass collection? Here’s where to buy and what to buy… I…
Holiday Gift Guide: Christmas in Hawaii
Mele Kalikimaka! Get your surf board and a Mai Tai, we’re going gifting! Cocktail gifts as bright and colorful as a Hawaiian sunset. And slushie machines. And light up fountains. For the person in your life who likes a side…
Peeking Behind the Curtain at MGP Ingredients
“This is like Oz. You can see it, but you can’t get in,” says Andrew Mansinne, Vice President of Brands for MGP Ingredients, to a roomful of journalists at MGP’s Lawrenceburg, Indiana distillery. The L. Frank Baum-inspired flourish is fitting. The…
Holiday Entertaining: Beaujolais Wine and Cookie Decorating Party
This post is brought to you by Beaujolais Wines. Recipes and ideas are my own. This holiday season I’m taking a step back from all the hustle and bustle, all the commercials and “must buys”, and taking a moment to…
Barbados Rum Cheat Sheet
Barbados is often referred to as the Birthplace of Rum. You can make the case for cane spirits appearing elsewhere before Barbados–for example, in Brazil a century or so earlier, or even in India–but Caribbean rum as we know it…
Monday Booze News Is that gin in my latte, a crazy Peru bar, and an actual cocktail book library
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Creamy Cocktails with a Christmas Vibe
Bailey’s is a deliciously creamy and decadent liqueur that can be enjoyed all year round, but there is something about it that makes it a hit at Christmas! There always seems to be a bottle doing the rounds at family…
A Glimpse Back at Prohibition in New York City
This is part two in a four-part series by New York Cocktails author Amanda Schuster about New York’s role in shaping how we drink. Read part one here. It all seems so romantic now—the unmarked entryways, the secret passwords, the trick doors, an…
Friday Musings: Release and Engage
If you read my post this past Tuesday about The Wise Woman’s Stone, you know that I talked about a certain pair of Frye boots that I bought just recently. I am wearing them as I sit here writing this…
Gingerbread Winter Warm Up
This post was made in partnership with Kerrygold Irish Cream Liqueur. Recipe and ideas are my own. Do you have a holiday cookie tradition? I think I may have perfected my gingerbread cookie recipe this year. I mean, I’m using…