Since the height of the pandemic, I've cut back on a daily 5 o'clock cocktail hour. Regardless, I have been inclined to periodically imbibe some berries and stone fruit with liquor! First was strawberries and gin inspired by my friend Mel. During cherry season, I...
In these times of uncertainty, sometimes you need a good cocktail. Here are two cocktails I enjoy for slow sipping. First up is benefit of Jose Andre's Mercado, a downtown NYC-food market. They make their own version of a Spanish-influenced gin-and-tonic, garnished...
My first introduction to aquavit was at a party for Johanna Kindvall and her book. She inspired me to make a batch at home. Starting with vodka, I then infused it with cardamom, caraway and fennel. Hoot! So good, especially with recently marinated herring.
Having extra lemons in my kitchen, I decided to turn them into limoncello, that alcohol-laced drink that takes a few weeks to transform into a wonderful drink. A local restaurant in Queens taught me to enjoy it after pizza. Anyway, try making a batch at home. It takes...
French hard cider is often my "go to" for a refreshingly funky apple beverage. But recently I found a more locally based product; Bad Seed Cider, a Highland Hills, New York state-based producer. Devin Ritter, one of the owner-brewers periodically sells his brew at...
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