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How To Make Mulled Wine: A Yummy, Boozy Treat To Warm Your Tummy

by AnnaOctober 19, 2010 Food and Booze

Mulled wine or glühwein or vin chaud: Whatever you like to call it, it’s delicious. I prefer glühwein because that’s the name they use in Berlin, where I first experienced this treat. It was late November, my BFF and I [...]

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A Girls’ Guide To Whiskey, Vol. 1: Getting Started

by LauraOctober 14, 2010 Food and Booze

What’s a nice girl like you doing with a drink like that?  A whiskey, when by all rights you should be fingering the stems of a lady-like sauvignon blanc. Or maybe a glass of water. ‘Cause it’s noon. On Sunday. [...]

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Brew Your Own Beer: First Steps

by DianaJuly 22, 2010 Food and Booze

About a year ago I tasted my friend’s pepper-infused homebrewed ale. It was one of the best beers I’ve ever had. I was impressed because I’ve tried so many home-brews that tasted like taste soy sauce. Or soap. Blech. But [...]

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DIY Flavored Vodka, Rum, or Gin: Infuse Your Booze

by CodyJuly 8, 2010 Food and Booze

I love flavored booze, but I hate artificially flavored booze. And pretty much any flavored booze you buy at the liquor store tastes more like the candy version of that particular fruit than the fruit version of that particular fruit. [...]

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Homemade Maraschino Cherries And The Perfect Cocktail To Pop Them In

by AnnaJune 29, 2010 Food and Booze

The Fourth of July is upon us. Why not up the ante at the BBQ this year with a scmancy cocktail? That’ll show ‘em how it’s done. This tasty beverage is called The Aviation and in the video below, I [...]

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My Cosmopolitan Recipe, In Honor Of ‘Sex And The City 2′

by CodyMay 24, 2010 Food and Booze

The countdown has begun: Sex and the City 2 comes out this week… And I am ready! With a water bottle full of these fantastic cosmos ready to sneak into the movie theater with me! Take note that my cosmos [...]

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Feliz Cinco de Mayo! Y Ahora Celebramos con Muchas Margaritas.

by CodyMay 5, 2010 Food and Booze

Margarita mix is gross. Margaritas made with fresh ingredients are way more delicious… and you can even trick yourself into thinking you’re being healthy. So pass the chips.
Ingredients:

3 oz. Tequila (100% agave)
0.5 oz. orange flavored liqueur (Patron Citronage, Cointreau)
Juice of [...]

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The Key Lime Martini: The Key (Lime) to Happiness

by LauraApril 27, 2010 Food and Booze

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I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the most recipe-inclined bird on the block.  I can bake the shit out of a lasagna…or throw a little peanut sauce on some ground turkey, wrap it [...]

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Bottom’s Up: The Apple Parsley Martini, The (Actually Tasty) Green Drink for St. Patty’s Day

by CodyMarch 17, 2010 Food and Booze

Green beer has its kitsch factor, but who actualy wants to drink it?
Not a fan of Irish whiskey, stout beer, or artificially colored anything, I set out to invent a new green drink worthy of St. Patty’s Day. The apple [...]

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Bottoms Up: The Brooklyn Martini and The Brooklyn Punch

by CodyMarch 1, 2010 Entertaining

As you may have noticed, I am primarily a bourbon and whiskey drinker. The Brooklyn, one of my all-time favorite bourbon cocktails, is a fine warm-weather treat, but due to the magical warming properties of whiskey, fits the bill perfectly [...]

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Fake It to Make It

by LauraFebruary 2, 2010 Entertaining

No, not love-making related faking.  I know you might have thought that since The Holiday is upon us. But yeah no, I’m not really going to write anything about that. Not in, like, a bitter way or anything.  It’s just [...]

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Got Hangover?

by CodyDecember 30, 2009 Food and Booze

We’ve all over-indulged and woken up the next morning feeling less than spritely. Chances are some of you will be feeling that way Friday morning. (Especially if you decide to go through the entire list of our champagne cocktails).
It may [...]

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POP! Champagne Cocktails for New Year’s Eve

by CodyDecember 29, 2009 Entertaining

New Year’s Eve just isn’t New Year’s Eve without that *POP* of the cork. All year ’round, whenever I crack open a bottle of bubbly, I say (usually to myself) “Happy New Year!”
For some, though, drinking champagne all night long [...]

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Bottoms Up: The (slightly modified) Pear Tree Martini (for groups)

by CodyDecember 22, 2009 Entertaining

Especially if you’re in tight quarters, or on a budget, mixing custom drinks for everyone you’re entertaining (or for yourself while you wrap) can get exhausting, messy, and expensive. Serving one “specialty” cocktail is always a good way to avoid [...]

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I’m Dreaming of a White Hot Chocolate!

by CaraDecember 9, 2009 Food and Booze

The weather outside is frightful but a warm cocktail is sure delightful!
Here’s what you need to make White Hot Chocolate:
INGREDIENTS

3/4 C Milk (preferably vanilla soy)
2 T White Chocolate Chips
2 T Vanilla Vodka
1 1/2 T Mini-Marshmallows
1/8 t  Unsweetened cocoa [...]

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Bottoms Up: The Vampire’s Kiss

by CaraOctober 29, 2009 Food and Booze

When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers, I kind of wanted to be a vampire.
—Angelina Jolie
Here’s to ballerinas & vampires this Halloween… Bottoms up!
1 Cup Cranberry Juice Cockatil
1/2 Cup Red Rum (spiced rum)
1/4 Cup Triple [...]

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Bottoms Up: (The Really Easy) Apple Cider Martini

by CodyOctober 6, 2009 Food and Booze

It’s fall and cider has begun to make an appearance at the farmers’ market.  Try it shaken with ice in (The Really Easy) Apple Cider Martini (just cider plus vodka) and you’ll never go back to heating it with mulling [...]

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Bottoms Up: The Lower Manhattan

by CodySeptember 29, 2009 Food and Booze

The perfect drink for fall: a modern take on the Manhattan with an inexplicable hint of fresh cranberry flavor, made with ingredients you probably have in your house right now.
The Lower Manhattan
1.5 oz. Bourbon or whiskey
.5 oz. Lemon juice
.5 oz. [...]

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