We are on Day 7 of the Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar and I’m serving up the Polar Express cocktail. This cocktail is a boozier version of the Champs-Élysées cocktail, which if you’re not familiar, is a riff on the classic Sidecar. The sidecar happens to be one of my favourite classic cocktails –…
Tipples
Mulled Port
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar continues with another hot tipple to keep your hands and your liver warm this holiday season. Day 6 brings us this delicious and deceptively boozy Mulled Port. Mulled wine was one of the glaring omissions from the 2018 iteration of this cocktail advent calendar. The nearest I got to…
Feliz Navidad
Oh, you don’t think of margaritas when you think of Christmas? Well, I’ve put together this handy checklist to determine whether or not margaritas are a seasonally appropriate cocktail for the holidays. Can you make a margarita with seasonal juices like pomegranate and clementine? Check. Can you make a margarita in Christmas appropriate shade of…
Kumquat Toddy
I’m going to start this post with my oft-repeated chorus, “If you follow me on Instagram…” you’ll know that I had a hell of a time trying to locate kumquats in Ottawa around this time last year. The whole ordeal inspired an impassioned rant on my Instagram story about how terribly provisioned our downtown grocery…
Frosty the Barista Snowman
Day 3 of the Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar brings us Frosty the Barista Snowman. I know that winter warmers are a popular cocktail choice during the holiday season but sometimes you just want to sip something frosty out of a beautiful martini glass, preferably rimmed with a fresh dusting of cocoa. This drink…
Triple C Welcome Cocktail
This is called the Triple C Welcome Cocktail because it’s a riff on the classic champagne welcome cocktail but includes cardamom, cinnamon, and cognac – three Cs. If this were Sesame Street, I’d tell you that today’s episode was sponsored by the letter “C”. This drink is inspired by the classic champagne cocktail – which…
Sleigh Girl Sleigh
Annnnnd we’re back at it. Welcome to the 2019 edition of the Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar. Kicking things off with this very simple and delicious “Sleigh Girl Sleigh” cocktail. A combination of pomegranate juice, apple juice, freshly squeezed lemon juice for brightness, cinnamon syrup and rye whisky round out this seasonal sipper. This…
Pumpkin Pie Fizz
Today I’m serving up this Pumpkin Pie Fizz in honour of two things: 1) American Thanksgiving coming up real quick, 2) drowning out the memory of my recent spin class experience. As you may know, if you follow me on Instagram and watch my stories, I enjoy working out but I have never been fond…
Quebec 75
I am having eye surgery this morning. At this point, I’ve lost count but I think this is the sixth or seventh eye surgery I’ve had. No, it’s not laser eye surgery. It literally involved scalpels and diamond burrs in my eyeball. I know, not very appetizing, which is why this is paired with a…
Thai Basil Gin Gimlet
It’s ALIVE! My Thai basil plant that is. And it’s nothing short of a miracle. My friend Kayla’s boyfriend, Anthony, generously gifted me this potted herb back in early summer and somehow I’ve managed to keep it alive, against all odds. I’m not exactly a green thumb, but after some initial trials and tribulations, like…
