Apples and oranges! They're often presented as exemplars of opposition, as though they have nothing in common. But both fruits make appearances on many Thanksgiving tables, with orange in some cranberry...
Author: Rosie Schaap
Whether you're sick in bed or fresh off the slopes, a hot toddy warms everything up. The classic formula of whiskey, sugar and hot water is like the steamy cousin of an old-fashioned, but these days, a...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
Verdant and herbaceous, this margarita is slightly more work than the classic, but you can produce it hours in advance. Some cocktail recipes call for preparing simple syrup on the stovetop, then combining...
Author: Alexa Weibel
This is a very unusual drink in that it contains Amarula. Amarula is an extremely delicious and interesting liqueur made from marula fruit that grows on the marula trees in South Africa. It tastes like...
Author: Kelly Williams
While a classic gin fizz uses lemon juice, the sweet acidity of lime in this variation skews it toward a (very) frothy gimlet. To ensure plenty of that froth, use a double shake to make the cocktail: first...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
Enjoy Tito's Handmade Vodka martini-style. Garnish with one or three olives, but never two.
Author: Tito's Handmade Vodka
This is really yummy. If you like a sweet rich liqueur this is for you. Great gift idea too.
Author: barbara lentz
Because many tiki recipes were kept secret from even the bartenders assembling them, the original scorpion bowl recipe is difficult to pinpoint. This recipe is an updated take on what many consider to...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
What's pink, pretty and packs a punch? This rosy riff on sangria, which is loaded with red and pink fruit for a festive, crowd-friendly treat. Be sure to plan ahead: The fruit needs to macerate for at...
Author: Rosie Schaap
More than most cocktails, a properly made brandy crusta requires a little effort. Achieving an even sugar rim on a glass and paring a long lemon twist (known as a horse's neck) may take a few tries before...
Author: Robert Simonson
Our version of the ultimate classic cocktail is stirred, not shaken. Serve your martini with a twist of lemon, or an olive
Author: Good Food team
Here are two simple recipes to a fantastic liqueur and a very special gift. remember it has to sit a month so start early
Author: Stormy Stewart
This is my favorite version of the popular Pink Cadillac cocktail (which is somewhat like a flavored margarita).
Author: Vickie Parks
Aaron Goldfarb, a liquor writer who was raised Jewish, was not introduced to the joys of eggnog until he married a woman who loved Christmas. Making a batch of homemade eggnog became his self-designated...
Author: Robert Simonson
This is as easy at it sounds - almost effortless, really. Just be sure to use a vermouth you really love (I'm a fan of dark, robust, earthy Spanish ones) and keep the bottle in the fridge.
Author: Rosie Schaap
The drink, invented by the New York bartender Sam Ross, who created the classic modern cocktail the penicillin, has slowly been gaining steam since it was introduced in 2007, showing up on cocktail menus...
Author: Robert Simonson
These are so good...If you like the mint girl scout cookies, you'll love this one.. ..I had this at a Bridal shower a few weeks ago.. I'll be making this one for St Patricks Day...
Author: sharon cowles
Author: Pete Wells
Jeffrey Morgenthaler, the bar manager of Pépé Le Moko and Clyde Common in Portland, Ore., enjoyed amaretto sours as a young man. As a bartender, he embarked on a project to make a better version of this...
Author: Robert Simonson
Edna Scott, the owner of Edna's Club & Restaurant in Oklahoma City, came up with the lunchbox by accident while trying to make another drink, probably a boilermaker, according to her daughter Tammy Lucas....
Author: Robert Simonson
Tequila, lime, a touch of orange: the Margarita is a perfect mixture, with or without salt.
Author: Rosie Schaap
The pisco sour is sweet-tart, richly textured and crowned with a fluffy white top. The origins of the drink, a blend of pisco (a South American brandy), citrus, sugar and egg white, come with some debate...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
A strawberry margarita is everyone's favorite summer cocktail recipe. This frozen, blended beverage is delicious on a hot day.
Author: Lisa Bryan
I love making cordials for gift giving, cooking and drinking as well. This takes a little over 2 months to ripen, so you need to plan ahead for those Christmas gifts.
Author: Marsha Gardner
This humble Bloody Mary has its roots in a 2000 article by R. W. Apple Jr., who explored the origins of Worcestershire sauce, "perhaps best known as an indispensable ingredient" in the cocktail. Mr. Apple's...
Author: R. W. Apple Jr.
"You can drink a mojito without really thinking about it, and that's a pretty good recommendation for a summer cocktail," William Hamilton wrote in a 2002 article about the cocktail and its increase in...
Author: William L. Hamilton
Florida A&M, or FAMU, the historically Black college and university founded in 1887 in Tallahassee, canceled its homecoming celebrations for 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. This whiskey cooler from...
Author: Nicole Taylor
Author: Jonathan Miles
Scarlet-hued, with just enough sugar to offset the tartness of the berries, this vodka-based spirit submitted by Corey Balazowich was a resounding success. It's also a good place to use up cranberries...
Author: Melissa Clark
Some might consider the kalimotxo (pronounced cal-ee-MO-cho) a guilty pleasure; I've received more than a few skeptical glances when I've ordered it at bars in New York. But I don't feel an iota of contrition...
Author: Rosie Schaap
I love beer 'n tomato juice cocktails! You can vary this recipe to your own personal taste, too. Some like barely any in there at all, just a shot, and some like as much as half and half! Other ingredients...
Author: Kelly Williams
''I'll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family,'' Scrooge tells Bob Cratchit near the end of A Christmas Carol, ''and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon, over a...
Author: Rosie Schaap
Sean Josephs created this spicy-sweet cocktail of bourbon, maple syrup, ginger beer and lime juice to serve at his now-closed barbecue restaurants, Maysville and Char No. 4. It's great on its own or alongside...
Author: Florence Fabricant
There are some who adhere to dry-martini dogma when making a manhattan, thinking the drink improves with less vermouth. But the classic, best and most flavorful ratio for this drink remains two to one....
Author: Robert Simonson
This is my favorite drink when I am out on the town, and when I'm home too!
Author: Sarah Carlson
Think of this as a grown-up, but not too grown-up, spritz. Here, grapefruit brightens and plays up the wine's light bitterness, while buttery green olives add a touch of earthy brine and serve as a welcome...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
The Grasshopper served at Dante, a New York City cocktail bar, is a fairly straightforward affair, calling on the crème de menthe, crème de cacao and cream demanded by the drink's classic formula. To...
Author: Robert Simonson
One of the most exquisite exploitations of the blackberry is accomplished by teaming it with a little booze and presenting it in a sugar-rimmed martini glass, making what might be called a blacktini. The...
Author: Jonathan Reynolds
Nostrana, an Italian restaurant in Portland, Ore., has offered a Negroni of the Month since 2010, all original creations, some of them quite odd (squid ink Negroni, anyone?). But the house Negroni follows...
Author: Robert Simonson
In its glory days, Venice sent out its fearsome fleet to conquer international trade. Today, a gentler envoy has conquered international cocktail menus: the spritz. The fizzy aperitif is made with a choice...
Author: Elisabetta Povoledo
Concord grapes grow abundantly in New York state. So grape cocktails tend to be a summertime specialty at some bars, and this is one particular cocktail that you might see on the menu. It's especially...
Author: Vickie Parks
I found this recipe in a cookbook a friend loaned me and I thought it would make a nice rimming salt for a Bloody Mary. It has a bit of a kick and looks nice and different and is a change from plain kosher...
Author: Dorothy Curtis
This drink, run through with amaro, riffs on the endlessly adaptable sour template (spirit-citrus-sweetener). A maraschino cherry and half a grapefruit wheel are muddled with sugar early on, to sweeten...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
This recipe is super easy... try to use a Swedish vodka which is slightly sweeter in taste then some of the other vodkas. It is so good after a long day or as a house warming gift. Makes a great hostess...
Author: Stormy Stewart
Bourbon and honey is a southern classic. It was once considered a "women's drink". But in my opinion, it is just an awesome drink. I add thyme to my version because it makes the woodiness of the bourbon...
Author: Maggie May Schill
Wickman House, a fine-dining destination at the tip of Wisconsin's Door County peninsula, serves as many Moscow Mules today as it does the state's beloved brandy old-fashioneds. The Wickman recipe is the...
Author: Robert Simonson
This is not my original recipe . I found this recipe when I was looking for something to do with a surplus of peach jello I had. Honestly this is the best Jell-O shot I have ever made. I am putting this...
Author: Debbie W
The most crowd-pleasing summer highball there is: a little sweet, a little spicy and exuberantly pink.
Author: Rosie Schaap