VALENTINE’S DAY: Chocolate Tequila Cupid Cocktail

Let chocolate and tequila be your cupid. Photo courtesy Sauza Tequila.   If you’re not sharing the evening with someone special, make yourself a special comfort cocktail. Sauza Tequila suggests this chocolate tequila drink. CHOCOLATE TEQUILA CUPID RECIPE Ingredients 3 parts chocolate milk (store bought or homemade) 1 part silver tequila 1 part strawberry purée…
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VALENTINE’S DAY: Champagne Cocktail

Rosy and delicious: the Secret CrushChampagne cocktail. Photo courtesyMacao Trading Co.   Here’s a Valentine’s Day version of a Champagne Cocktail. Called a Secret Crush, it’s a rosy color from the addition of grenadine—a red syrup originally made from pomegranate juice or cherry juice, and sugar. (Grenade is the French word for pomegranate as well…
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VALENTINE’S DAY: Love Potion No. 299 Cocktail

It’s been a long time since The Clovers bought a bottle of Love Potion No. 9 to solve their romantic problems. If you listen to the ingredients in the 1959 song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, you’ll far prefer this 2011 recipe for Love Potion No. 299. (Also check out the 1963 cover by…
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TIP OF THE DAY: A Bright Red Cocktail For Valentine’s Day

A bright red Peartini. Photo courtesy Grey Goose. A bright red Valentine cocktail is de rigueur for your Valentine celebration. Try one of these lovely libations: Cherry Martini and a Cherry Mojito Cosmopolitan with cardamom and rose syrup Crantini Love Potion Cocktail with cranberry juice Pear Vodka Cocktails Pink Tequila Cocktails Pomegranate Sangria Keep checking…
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