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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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Do you know your Gran Gala from your Grand Marnier? Or other orange liqueurs? Orange liqueur is a popular ingredient in cocktails, from classics like the Margarita and Sidecar to the contemporary Cosmopolitan. It’s also used in foods from chicken to mousse. Orange liqueurs are made from the peel of bitter oranges—generally varieties that are…
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This cocktail uses homemade lemon-vanilla simple syrup. Photo courtesy Nielsen-Massey. The recipe is below. Granulated sugar does not dissolve easily in cold beverages. That’s why simple syrup (also called bar syrup, sugar syrup or gomme, the French word for gum) is used to add sweetness to drinks such as cocktails, lemonade, iced tea and…
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For tax time, add fresh thyme to a G&T. Photo courtesy Q Tonic. If your taxes are in, you deserve a drink today. And if you haven’t sent them in by day’s end, you may need two drinks! Here’s a variation of the gin and tonic with a sprig of thyme, for tax time.…
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A Peeps cocktail for Easter. Photo courtesy XBar | Hyatt Regency | Los Angeles. This idea came to us from X Bar at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Los Angeles. They use a Pink Lady cocktail, but you can use other pink cocktail recipes, including two different pink Martinis. The first step is to…
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