Category: Cocktails & Spirits

PRODUCT: Sandra Lee Cocktail Time Margaritas

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You could bring a bottle of wine as a house gift, or you could bring a bottle of ready-to-drink Margaritas. We really enjoyed the new Sandra Lee Cocktail Time Margaritas, in Key Lime or Strawberry. We’ll be buying more to bring to our Memorial Day hostess—and to enjoy ourselves, at home. The ready-mixed Margaritas taste…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Pair Saké With Cheese

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Buy the cheese, open the saké. Photo courtesy CheeseNerds.com.   Recently, we were invited to a cheese and saké tasting at the French Cheese Board in New York City. Think you should sip saké only with Japanese food? Think again. While it doesn’t seem intuitive, the the traditional Japanese drink, brewed by fermenting rice, has…
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RECIPE: Mother’s Day Martini

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Make a special Martini for Mom with this recipe from Grey Goose. It’s all in the garnish: microgreens and a caperberry instead of the usual olive or twist. Here, the conventional olive or lemon twist is replaced with with microgreens and a large, stemmed caper berry: arty and pretty. Use your favorite Martini recipe or…
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COCKTAIL: Coffee & Cream (& Tequila)

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Love coffee, tequila and heat? Here’s a cocktail called The Spicy Bee, from Patrón Spirits. It uses Patrón XO Cafe Dark, a rich coffee liqueur with a tequila base. If you want to use what you have, feel free to substitute, e.g., tequila and Kahlúa. RECIPE: COFFEE & TEQUILA COCKTAIL Ingredient For 1 Drink 1…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cava Instead Of Champagne

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You may be thinking ahead to purchasing champagne for Mother’s Day. But you can save a lot of money with Cava, instead. Cava, the renowned Spanish sparkling wine, is produced in the region of Penedès, in northeast Spain, south of Barcelona. In the late 1800s, a Spanish vintner, Josep Raventós Fatjó of the Codorníu estate,…
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