The Margarita is a classic cocktail with a fairly recent history, and when mixed correctly, you get a pleasant sour “or pucker up” experience. Most believe the origin of the margarita stems from a drink called the Daisy. The word for daisy in Spanish is indeed margarita! The Daisy goes back to the mid-1800’s and is a mixture of rum […]
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What to do with an orange that is about to go bad? Many of my close friends (shout out to Neal, Sonnet and Jeanne) would know the immediate answer. Use it in an Old Fashioned, of course. This drink was given its name in the 1880s. Interestingly, the drink probably stems from an 1860’s gin cocktail make with sugar, bitters, […]
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Tonight’s roll was a vodka theme. I created a variation on the Cosmopolitan martini. I didn’t stay completely true to my roll, but I think I hit it close enough. I had just enough Hangar One Vodka to make this drink. I rolled Grand Marnier, but I prefer Cointreau for an orange liqueur. While both are orange liqueurs made in […]
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It is only fitting that I play my first round of cocktail dice on December 31, 2018. We found this cute bar accessory in Los Gatos, California where Mark and I spent one very memorable afternoon. My Christmas gift this year was a flight to San Jose for one day. Why? To get me to Gold Medallion status on Delta! […]
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