Hey Amy!

I realize it’s only Wednesday but I am thinking about Super Bowl Sunday.  I try not to drink (much) when I am entertaining so this recipe caught my eye for the Sunday festivities.  I think my friend Thirsty Pete may even enjoy serving this one. Ingredients: 1 shot grenadine 1 shot fresh lemon juice ice [...]

This week I am sharing all sorts of recipes you will surely want to share at your giant Super Bowl Party on Sunday.  Today’s recipe I came upon in my favorite cocktail cookbook and it really seemed appropriate–the Champion!  I made a jug of the Champion once for a party and the men loved it. [...]

It’s bitter cold in NYC this morning and I am dreaming of far, far away warm destinations.  Ixtapa comes to mind so I thought I would make this (tonight after work of course!) and dream of a tropical paradise. It may sound like an odd combination of lime juice, tequila and Kahlua but it actually [...]

I have read about this infamous Good and Plenty cocktail that emulates the flavors of that delicious movie theatre licorice candy but never tried one.  Finding bottles of liquor in your cabinet will change that for a girl.  Perhaps you should go hunting in your bar and see what is in there? Ingredients: 1 oz. [...]

I came home last night to a torrential downpour, high winds and the lovely chill in the air that only a fall rainstorm can bring.  I curled up on the sofa and thought about making a hot toddy.  I was thumbing through my adult beverage books and remembered I always wanted to try a Brandy Alexander [...]

What could be a cooler way to have a Cosmo than to add tequila?  I had a particularly hectic and, at times, frustrating weekend (frustrated at my own mistakes BTW) so I woke this morning thinking today I should skip school (by school, I mean work) and lounge on my deck (by which I mean [...]

I can’t believe the summer is almost over.  I am trying to understand what that means to me as a new New Yorker.  Summer is year round in Los Angeles so I am certain I am about to have the shock of my life when Labor Day comes and goes and suddenly I have to [...]