Since it’s Negroni Week, it only felt right to serve up a variation on the classic for my final blog post of the week. This is the Negroni Sbagliato. In Italian, “sbagliato” means wrong or mistaken. Apparently, this clever little concoction came to be when a harried bartender grabbed a bottle of Prosecco instead of…
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Frozen Negroni
After a delayed onset, we are now, suddenly, in the dead of summer. Heat wave in full effect. I am consistently shiny as I’ve been slathering on a thick coating of sunscreen to protect my pale Irish pallor. I’m sticky from the dense humidity and trying not to sweat through my silk blouses. But you…
The Walnut Grove
Ugh…I have been fighting a cold for the last week and I forgot how much I hate it. Is the capacity of the human nasal cavity endless? I’ve felt like I was drowning in my own snot for the past week. Good thing we’re not eating anything in today’s post, eh? Would have spoiled your…
Montenegroni
The Negroni is definitely having a moment. Locally, the classic Italian aperitif has been dominating cocktail lists, in small part thanks to Riviera’s master bartender Stephen Flood. Mr. Flood won the 2016 negroni competition here in Ottawa and has crafted a special list of distinctive variations on the classic cocktail for the menu at…
