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[1] Kir Royale: sparkling wine and crème de cassis, which is blackcurrant liqueur (photo © The Mercury | Atlanta (now closed, alas). [2] The original Kir, simply crème de cassis and white wine, has no bubbly. It begat the Kir Royale (with Champagne, above) and a dozen more variations (photo © Stuart Webster | Wikipedia).…
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Celebrate National Lemonade Day. Photoand recipe courtesy Smirnoff.com. Celebrate National Lemonade Day, August 20th, with adult lemonade. You’ll love this recipe from Smirnoff Vodka; we made it even more blueberry by adding fresh blueberry purée. In addition to Smirnoff Blueberry Flavored Vodka, you can find Stoli Blueberi, Pinnacle Blueberry and other brands. BLUEBERRY LEMONADE…
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Le Caramel is a new company with a line of caramel products based on recipes from Normandy. There are currently four products: Caramel sauce (called Caramel Cream) in salted vanilla or chocolate Caramel candies made with salted butter or chocolateThe candies and creams (sauces) are made in California in the traditional French method, slowly cooked…
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Do you know shochu? Like vodka, it’s a grain-neutral spirit—in this case, distilled from barley, brown sugar, buckwheat, rice or sweet potatoes, instead of the potatoes, wheat or rye most often used for vodka. Like vodka, it isn’t aged, and thus it can be infused with a variety of flavors. But it has half the…
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Add orange juice and grapefruit juice for aSummer Citrus Margarita. Photo courtesyEl Jimador tequila. Margaritas are made with tequila, orange liqueur and lime juice. What happens if you divided the juice into 1/3 lime, 1/3 orange and 1/3 grapefruit? You have a Summer Citrus Margarita! This recipe is courtesy of Steve Rice, Vice President…
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