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A Christmas cocktail. Photo courtesy Belvedere Vodka. For a Christmas cocktail with seasonal ingredients, you can’t do better than “Give A Fig,” from Belvedere vodka.* GIVE A FIG COCKTAIL RECIPE Ingredients 2 ounces (50ml) vodka 1 thumbnail of ginger root, crushed 1/2 cup pomegranate juice 3/4 ounce (25ml) fig purée 1/4 ounce (1-1/2 teaspoons,…
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What better says “Christmas” to a beer lover than a brew with crimson color? Red ale, or Irish red ale, is, as its name suggests, an ale with a slightly reddish color. The color is intentional, and results from the use of a small amount of roasted barley in the mash. If it comes from…
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Here’s an easy and festive way to garnish holiday drinks: with small candy canes. Peppermint lovers can add a hint of mint to their libations. The mint flavor works with many cocktails, soft drinks, tea, coffee and hot chocolate. We hang them on a Vodka Martini, Chocolate Martini, Espresso Martini, Cosmopolitan, Irish Coffee, Mojito and…
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Delicious, either plain or chocolate-dipped (above). Photo by Jaclyn Nussbaum | THE NIBBLE. An elegant gift, stocking-stuffer or treat for guests (serve them with tea, coffee and/or ice cream), we love ultra-thin Moravian cookies. Beyond the luscious flavor, the thinness means fewer calories per cookie (in other words, two for the calories of one).…
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The White Russian, a combination of coffee liqueur, vodka and heavy cream, has been popular since it appeared in 1949. Leave out the cream and you’ve got a coffee-colored Black Russian. The recipes* are not Russian in origin, but were named in the spirit of the primary ingredient, vodka. *For a Black Russian, mix 1…
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