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Recipe for Warmth: Hot Apple-Ginger Toddy
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Looking for a hot drink to cozy up to on a crisp fall evening? Something with the sweetness of apples and honey, the bright zing of ginger and lemon, and a little extra boozy warmth? How about a Hot A...

Do You Ever Drink Hard Cider?

A few weeks ago we were really fascinated by an article in Slate about hard cider, the "true" drink of early Americans. See, in those days, water wasn't safe to drink, and wine and beer weren't very c...

Make A DIY Bar From A Vintage Trunk

Having lived in extra small spaces before, we've often run across the need to store some of our kitchen items, well, out of the kitchen. One of the easiest things to pawn off into another room is yo...

Whiskey vs. Whisky: What's the Difference?
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Now that the days are getting shorter and chillier, it’s the perfect time to curl up with a good book and a nice warming glass of whisky - or should that be whiskey? Same thing, just different spell...

Recipe: The FreeBerry Cocktail
Guest Post from Bertessa of Tessin Rinpoche

The end of summer doesn't need to mean the end of fruity cocktails — we just need to use preserved fruits and emphasize some subtler, year-round flavors....

Barrel-Aged Beers: Loving or Hating?
Beer Sessions

Barrel-aged beers seem to be popping up all over the place these days! For the uninitiated, these are beers that get a special vacation inside wood barrels, where they spend time fermenting and pick u...

An Easy (Yet Sophisticated) Cocktail: The Lucien Gaudin

Last week we shared one of our favorite aperitif cocktails: The Bittercup, from Christopher Flett and Uva Wine Bar in Vancouver. That cocktail is a special occasion drink, with two kinds of juice and ...

Do You Have a Great Recipe for Spiked Hot Apple Cider?
Good Questions

Q: A friend is throwing an autumn party full of wonderful treats and drinks. My contribution is to be a boozy hot apple cider. However, none of the recipes I can find really tickle my fancy. Any tri...

Aperitif Cocktail: The Bittercup
Restaurant Recipe

We have a thing for cocktails with complexity: we like more than a touch of bitterness, with a little sweet, a little sour, a little fizz to keep us interested all the way to the last drop. If you lik...

Recipe Review: Lillet Sin Cocktail
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Want to toast the end of the summer in style? How about mixing yourself up a cool, elegant Lillet Sin?...

Late Summer Sip: PAMA Liqueur with Soda and Lime

We've been meaning to show you our new favorite liqueur for quite a while. But as we sipped and sipped, the bottle level got lower and lower, and now we have hardly any left to show you! And that, I s...

What's Your Favorite Non-Essential Liquor?

We've talked about stocking your liquor cabinet with summer essentials, and other cocktail basics. Now we're curious about the extra sorts of liquor you like to keep around. Besides the big basics of ...

Gourmet's Favorite Cocktails 1941-2009
Gourmet

One of our favorite holiday cooking features last winter was Gourmet's look back at seven decades of their favorite cookie recipes. Well, right now they're doing the same for cocktails, and it's one o...

Cool Recipe: Liz's Elderflower Champagne Cocktail
Stay Cool!

Name: Liz Location: Brooklyn, New York How are you staying cool? This cocktail tastes like vacation, a refreshing respite from the August heat. It's champagne stirred with St-Germain, a delicate Frenc...

The Cocktails of Mad Men
The New York Times 8.12.09

Mad Men returns this Sunday. Do you have your Manhattans, Old Fashioneds, and Pink Squirrel Martinis ready?...

Cool Recipe: Megan's Frozen Watermelon Margarita
Stay Cool!

Name: Megan Location: Sydney, Australia How are you staying cool? Frozen Watermelon Margarita with Lime Salt...

Cool Recipe: Elissa's Whiskey Smash Cocktail
Stay Cool!

Name: Elissa Location: Berkeley, California How are you staying cool? Whiskey Smash Cocktail!...

Recipe Review: Cajun Lemonade
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Looking for something cool and refreshing, with all the summery herbal flavor of a Pimm's Cup, but with a little extra kick? How does a tall glass of spicy, spiked Cajun Lemonade sound?...

Bellini, Vodka, and Chocolate-Bourbon Popsicles
Fine Cooking

Struggling to come up with a creative idea for a weekend cocktail party? How about an all-frozen event, with boozy popsicles as the signature "drinks"?...

Traveling Inspiration: A Yuzu Mojito from Tokyo
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

When I visited Tokyo for the first time last month, I enjoyed quite a few memorable food and drink-related experiences: watching a lightning-fast 5 am tuna auction, shopping at a depachika, eating the...

Escape to Mexico with Tequila
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Smooth. Mellow. Contemplative. A perfect slow-sipping after-dinner drink…. Up until a few years ago, this was not a description I’d ever imagine applying to tequila. But then I’d never tasted a...

Recipe Review: Hemingway Daiquiri
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Not that you need a special reason to enjoy a delectably citrusy rum drink on a summer night, but this weekend you'll have one: Sunday, July 19th is National Daiquiri Day. Already a big fan of the Cl...

Roundup: Boozy Granitas

Granita is one of the easier summer treats to make—most call for just three or four ingredients, and you need only a fork and a little time to turn it into sweet little shards you can scoop into ...

Nocino and Vin de Noix: Making Green Walnut Liqueur

I had the most unexpected lucky windfall last week. For several years I've followed the adventures of other cooks who were lucky enough to get their hands on green walnuts, and who parlayed their good...

Want to Escape to Italy? Try an Aperol Cocktail

We're always seduced by the bright, gorgeous color of Campari—plus the fact that it makes us feel like we could be on a yacht in the Mediterranean—but we don't really love the strong, bitter ta...