When Chef Sin was in college in Indiana, her drink of choice was a classic gateway cocktail, a sweet-tart concoction, perfect for youngish palates, that could best be described as… [Continue Reading]
Category: Thirst Quenchers
I come before you today with a confession: My mixology education contains many gaps. Which is no surprise. This blog, after all, is subtitled “It only looks like we know… [Continue Reading]
If you look at just about any cocktail recipe book from the latter half of the 20th century, you’ll see frequent references to an ingredient called, with little explanation, “bar… [Continue Reading]
If not for Prohibition, applejack, rather than whiskey, might be the most American of spirits. From the earliest days of colonization, the apple orchard was the source of our continent’s… [Continue Reading]
Next week marks the one-year anniversary of John Prine’s death from COVID. This week’s Sunday Special is the great singer-songwriter’s favorite cocktail, one he actually invented: the Handsome Johnny. And this… [Continue Reading]
This week’s Sunday Special comes with a mystery chaser. It arrives via Julie Bookman, an outstanding writer and actor, a valued colleague to Chef Sin and me for many years,… [Continue Reading]
I am not, and never have been, a fan of the non-tini. You know what I mean. Those drinks, usually fruity or sweet or both, that include “Martini” or “-tini”… [Continue Reading]
I set out to find a St. Patrick’s Day cocktail for this week’s Sunday Special with exactly three goals in mind: No Irish whiskey. No Guinness. No green food coloring. No… [Continue Reading]
This ought to be an unusually brief edition of the Sunday Specials series. This week’s cocktail is the Negroni, and not only is it considered a classic; it’s also one… [Continue Reading]
There once was a berry named Marion Beloved by a certain librarian. When her berries fell in With some vodka and gin She quit and became a cocktailian. If you’re… [Continue Reading]