Category: Cocktails & Spirits

TIP OF THE DAY: Wine Spritzers (The Actual Term Is Wine Spritz)

Posted on by thenibble

[1] A refreshing white wine spritzer with cucumber and mint. The recipe is below (photo © Wine Institute). [2] Different ways to slice a cucumber. For this recipe, you want the long, wide slices in the center (photo © Quinciple). [3] Fresh mint (photo © Indian Home Cooking | Clarkson Potter).   It’s a beautiful…
Continue reading “TIP OF THE DAY: Wine Spritzers (The Actual Term Is Wine Spritz)” →

RECIPES: Summer Cocktails ~ Blueberry Lime & Cucumber Mint

Posted on by thenibble

We use weekends to try new cocktail recipes. Restaurateur and chef Art Smith made these summery cocktails on a recent episode of his show, “Healthy Comfort,” an IGTV Show. We give them both a thumbs-up. Should you happen to have blueberry vodka or cucumber vodka, certainly substitute them for the plain vodka in the recipes.en…
Continue reading “RECIPES: Summer Cocktails ~ Blueberry Lime & Cucumber Mint” →

RECIPE: Golden Piña Colada

Posted on by thenibble

National Piña Colada Day is July 10th, celebrating one of our personal favorite cocktails. It may be a few weeks past that date, but this delicious recipe has arrived, just in time for a weekend indulgence. You can see from the photo that this isn’t your ordinary Piña Colada. Preparing the coconut cream and pineapple…
Continue reading “RECIPE: Golden Piña Colada” →

RECIPE: Raspberry Frose Summer Cocktail

Posted on by thenibble

THE HISTORY OF FROSÉ A Frosé, a frozen rosé cocktail (more technically, a winetail) can be as simple as a mixture of chilled rosé wine with a scoop of strawberry or lemon sorbet. It’s easy to make at home. You can: MIX different flavors of sorbet. MAKE a Frosé into dessert by adding more sorbet…
Continue reading “RECIPE: Raspberry Frose Summer Cocktail” →

TIP OF THE DAY: Cook With Scotch On National Scotch Day

Posted on by thenibble

July 27th is National Scotch Day. You know how to drink it. How about cooking with it? Although it is much more common to use wine or brandy in cooking, Scotch can offer complex character to everything from appetizers through dessert. Cooking lets you appreciate Scotch—or other whiskey—in new ways. You don’t have to use…
Continue reading “TIP OF THE DAY: Cook With Scotch On National Scotch Day” →