The thing that always surprises me about champagne cocktails is the underlying nefarious nature of many of these drinks. You look at a recipe, think, “oh, it’s just a glass of wine, same stuff you use to toast at weddings and on election night last November — look, there’s only a smidgen of booze in… Continue Reading
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MxMo XIII: Straight to the Point
God, what a couple of weeks that just was. Between hellacious work demands and the decline of an ailing, elderly cat, I’ve had precious few minutes to spend to myself, or — you might notice — typing away at this contraption. But hey, the deadlines are behind me, the cat has briefly rallied and look… Continue Reading
MxMoXII: Colleen Bawn
You might have thought, given my less-than-sterling results with last month’s MxMo submission, that I’d veer in a completely different direction for this round. And I have, to a certain extent — hot beer? Gone. Rum? Gone (given that this months theme is “whisk(e)y,” that’s not much of a surprise). Raw egg? Oops… I’ve only… Continue Reading
MxMo XI: Flipping Out
Why was it that the good folks at Imbibe Unfiltered decided to choose “Winter Warmers” for the theme of this Mixology Monday? Did they somehow foresee that good chunks of the Pacific Northwest — including their base in Portland, and mine in Seattle — would be socked in for days on end with temperatures barely… Continue Reading
Seeing Double
As the creeping madness that is cocktailphilia gradually overtakes its victim, it’s not unusual for he or she to gradually become consumed with the pursuit of ever-more obscure ingredients. At first, depending on the victim’s location and his or her proximity to decent liquor stores, this obsession may focus on the hunt for maraschino liqueur,… Continue Reading
