Spanish Gin & Tonics I have always had a deep love for Spanish Gin & Tonics. Who can resist a big frosty glasses full of crisp gin and bitter-sweet tonic topped with botanicals and fruit? There is truly no better…
Category: Craft and Cocktails
V I N E Y A R D C R U S H F O R F A L L
It’s harvest season! Plump grapes are being turned from ruby red juice into liquid gold: wine! And in some cases, that juice is produced into silky brandy. This cocktail features fresh grapes muddled along side grape derived Cognac and succulent…
Caramelized Banana Coconut Bamboo Cocktail
BAMBOO COCKTAIL Hidden for decades in the pages of turn of the century cocktail books, the Bamboo cocktail lay forgotten like so many quintessential drinks of it’s day. Lacking a heartier spirit, the split-base sherry and vermouth drink was most…
Lemongrass Piña Colada with Kikori Whiskey
To make this whiskey lemongrass Piña Colada, I used Kikori whiskey. This is not your typical Japanese whiskey! Made from rice and aged in 3 types of barrels, it’s perfect for mixing into cocktails seamlessly. It’s toasty rice notes with…
Celebrate Rosé Book Signing at Art in the Age Philadelphia
I’m comin’ home for my next book signing! On August 23rd I will be serving up rosé cocktails from Celebrate Rosé and books at Art in the Age in Philadelphia! If you didn’t know, I grew up just over the…
Tiki Oasis 2019
Walking down a bustling street with car horns blaring, sun glaring, and people brushing past, you stop to open an unmarked door and are instantly thrust into another world. Jungle bird calls and exotica music float through the air. Lush…
Rosé Breakfast Bramble
This week is rosé cocktail week! To celebrate the launch of my new book Celebrate Rosé, I had Drinkstagramers and cocktail mavens whip up their favorite cocktails using rosé. Some had never used rosé in a cocktail before, all the…
Roasted Strawberry Rose Negroni
Negroni Week is upon us! Are you ready?? Kicking it off with a new Negroni variation: Roasted Strawberry Rose Negroni! Strawberries go so well in a Negroni. The botanical gin, bitter citrus Campari, and herbal vermouth, in my opinion, could…
SF & Bay Area Guide to Negroni Week 2019
It’s that time of year that all bartenders and cocktails enthusiasts look forward to with thirsty anticipation- Negroni Week 2019! This year Negroni week is running from June 24-June 30th at over 12,000 participating bars. This sacred week in the…
FIRST LOOK AT MY BOOK CELEBRATE ROSÉ!
Here is the first look at my new book Celebrate Rosé! Still letting it sink in I WROTE A BOOK and it comes out in a month. AAAAH! . . . OK, I am calm, cool, and collected now. Just…