Cocktails, Food, and Gardening South of the hill in Bernal Heights, CA
Artist’s (Special) Cocktail
1/3 Whisky. (3/4 oz Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey)
1/3 Sherry. (3/4 oz Lustau Solera Reserva Dry Oloroso Sherry “Don Nuño”)
1/6 Lemon Juice. (1/3-1/2 oz lime juice)
1/6 Groseille Syrup. (bar spoon D’Arbo Red Currant Preserves)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
This is the genuine ‘Ink of Inspiration’ imbibed at the Bal Bullier Paris. The recipe [...]
As you can well imagine, Thursday morning started a bit slow.
Between being out of sync with the time change and being out late drinking, I was a bit slow getting out of bed.
We were staying in Tribeca, and Mrs. Underhill, having gotten there a bit earlier had already researched the breakfast situation. She had [...]
I have met a couple folks via the food and cocktail forums on eGullet over the years.
A couple guys I knew from their foodblogs and cocktail posts were John Deragon and Don Lee. Serious foodies and tech workers who moonlight as bartenders at PDT, I dropped them a note to see if they would [...]
Mrs. Underhill was called away to work in New York last week.
After going over our options, we decided it would be more fun for me to travel there and meet her, than for her to quick fly back for Valentine’s day.
Before I get to the details of the trip, I just have to say how [...]
