Hey Amy!

Am away on a very mini-vacation in Los Angeles and realized I need to start it off with a champagne beverage.  I got to thinking of all the traditional ways we have champagne and realized I want something different.  This recipe is a perfect way to begin my day as it has fruit and can [...]

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend so I think this is the whiskey drink I want to have this weekend when I am celebrating Lisa’s birthday!  Yes, you all know by now I am gearing up for a jaunt west to celebrate my girl friend’s birthday.  I wanted to highlight some of the best whiskey [...]

I am continuing my march to the birthday weekend of my dear friend Lisa by highlighting beverage recipes made with her favorite–whiskey.  Most think of whiskey with water, coke or perhaps served on the rocks but it actually can be mixed to be a sweet, sour or savory drink.  Today’s recipe is in the sweet [...]

A dear friend is getting read to celebrate a milestone birthday.  She is a fabulous woman who has a very enriched life.  Some of those experiences that added to her enriched life were thanks to her dear friend Jack.  And by Jack, I mean Mr. Daniels.  She likes whiskey when she drinks so I thought [...]

It’s been a long week.  Nothing extraordinary, but rather too many small things that have now become overwhelming as I review them collectively.  Yikes!  What is a girl to do?  Take a bath and enjoy a nice adult beverage.  Here is one I enjoy sipping while in the tub.  Maybe you will as well. Ingredients: [...]

We have spent the last few weeks talking about what to eat on Thanksgiving day but not what to drink.  I am going to share a couple of my favorite after dinner tea’s today.  And these all have alcohol in them so they work in the after dinner drink category. Dear Grandmother: 1 oz. amaretto [...]

I love finding older recipes in my collection of 50′s, 60′s and 70′s cookbooks that are unique and full of flavor.  This one from a 1960′s Gourmet cookbook collection is both things.  It’s flavor is unique and light.  Each bite packs a punch.  It’s a perfect dessert after a heavy meal, such as Thanksgiving.  You [...]