Cocktails, Food, and Gardening South of the hill in Bernal Heights, CA
Addington Cocktail
1/2 French Vermouth (1 1/2 oz Boisierre Dry Vermouth)
1/2 Italian Vermouth (1 1/2 oz Noilly Prat Sweet Vermouth)
Shake well with ice and strain into a medium size glass and fill with soda water. Squeeze orange peel on top.
I seem to have skipped the Addington, in my quest to document all the “Savoy Cocktail [...]
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Allen (Special) Cocktail
Dash Lemon Juice. (Juice 1/6 Lemon)
1/3 Maraschino. (3/4 oz Luxardo Maraschino)
2/3 Plymouth Gin. (1 1/2 oz Plymouth Gin)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass (and garnish with a cherry).
First, let’s not confuse the bright red Maraschino Cherries you get in Shirley Temples with Maraschino Liqueur. You should not make this cocktail by [...]
For some reason the taqueria where we typically get Tuesday night dinner (Taco Tuesday!) never seems to have the non-diet version of Root Beer. Tonight, for the first time in the 5 years we’ve been going there, they finally had it. Woo!
Anyway, it’s appropriate, as I’m skipping the booze for the upcoming Thanksgiving [...]
Alice, Mine Cocktail
1/2 Italian Vermouth. (Generous 1 oz Italian Vermouth)
1/2 Russians Kummel. (Generous 1 oz Norwegian Aquavit, Dash Simple Syrup)
2 Dashes Scotch Whisky. (teaspoon Scotch Whisky)
Shake (Stir, please!) well and strain into cocktail glass.
Not having Kummel, a caraway liqueur, I cheated here and substituted Aquavit, a caraway flavored spirit.
It is all a bit confusing, in [...]
When I first lived on my own in college, I soon discovered I had almost no cooking skills.
At home or in the dorms, I had never so much as lifted a finger beyond making myself a sandwich from cold meat or baking some cookies. Fried potatoes with onions, eggs, and cheddar cheese were pretty [...]
I was hoping this would be the Beer of the week post. Unfortunately, this stout didn’t do much for me. A bit thin, with the coffee flavor really only present as an aftertaste.
Believe it or not, I’ve really had this wok since 1985. Asian IGA on Park Street in Madison, Wisconsin. [...]
Kabocha Squash with spinach.
There was also a second bottle of wine, which explains why I am posting this on Thursday night. Oops!
Alfonso (special) Cocktail
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
4 Dashes Italian Vermouth. (1 tsp Italian Vermouth)
1/4 Dry Gin. (Generous 1/2 oz Dry Gin)
1/4 French Vermouth. (Generous 1/2 oz Dry Vermouth)
1/2 Grand Marnier. (Generous 1 oz Grand Gala)
Shake (Stir!) well and strain into cocktail glass.
Here’s another of those puzzles, where you wonder what one Alfonso cocktail has to do [...]
Alfonso Cocktail
Put 1 lump of sugar in a medium-sized wine-glass, 2 dashes of Secrestat Bitter (substitute Angostura for the defunct Secrestat) poured on to the sugar, l lump of ice, 1/4 of a glass of Dubonnet, fill remainder with Champagne, squeeze lemon peel on top and stir slightly.
This is an interesting variation on the traditional [...]
