HALLOWEEN: Cocktail Drinks For A Spooktacular Party

You don’t have to throw a monster mash for Halloween. Inviting friends for Halloween-themed cocktails—costumes optional—will do just fine. Here are our choices for a creaky cocktail party menu: Bloody Cocktails Blood Orange Cocktails Bloody Vampire Cocktail Bloody Eyeball Martini & Bleeding Brain Martini   Pick Your Favorite “Spirit” Cocktails Halloween Brandy Cocktails Halloween Gin…
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JULY 4th FOOD: Red, White & Blue Cocktails

  Want a celebratory drink for July 4th? How about a red, white and blue layered shooter? A drink with several layers of different colored liqueurs is called a pousse café (pronounced POOSE-caff-fay). A classic pousse café is a liqueur-based drink served with after-dinner coffee. In French, the name translates to “pushes coffee,” or coffee…
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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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PRODUCT: Purista Cocktail Mixers

Get some mojo with these Mojito mixes. The drink is named after the Gullah word for magic spell. Photo courtesy of Purista. ‘Tis the season to mix cocktails…but Purista’s tropical cocktail mixers are popular year-round. Developed by a bartender for bartenders, the mixers are made from pure (hence the name ingredients): fresh fruit juices, organic…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Holiday Marys

Serve a variety of Marys at your holiday party with a different garnish for each: scallions, celery, fennel or carrots. Photo by S. Mario | Fotolia. When planning a holiday cocktail party, consider a Bloody Mary bar with everything from Virgin Marys to variations like: The Bloody Bull, with beef bouillon The Blood Mariner, with…
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