With the arrival of May, it feels like Spring may be upon us in earnest. I’ve created this Strawberry Basil Margarita to celebrate the season. This cocktail is made with fresh basil, strawberry syrup, tequila, orange liqueur, lemon, and a splash of mezcal for a touch of smoke. This is a triumph of balanced flavours…
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Midcentury Kitchen Makeover
In my last home makeover post, I asked which room reveal you wanted to see next and you said, “the kitchen”. Well friends, ask and you shall receive. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you buy something through some of the links in this post, you won’t pay a penny more, but we’ll get…
Lemon Drop Deluxe Martini
I’m a stand-up comedian now, seriously. For those of you who have been reading along diligently for the past five-and-half-years, you’ve probably seen my sense of humour develop as I became more comfortable sharing self-deprecating anecdotes from my life. Well folks, I’m delighted to share that I crossed a new item off the bucket list…
Home Makeover: Living Room
Well, it’s March 20th and this is my first blog post of 2023. That should be a pretty good indicator of how overburdened/burnt out I’ve been so far this year. Taking on my usual Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar in the midst of renovating a house, juggling my day job, and writing for Ottawa…
Milk Punch & Cookies
2022 Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 24 – Milk Punch & Cookies. Santa loves his milk and cookies, but on this Christmas Eve he takes his glass of milk and turns it into the perfect cocktail, a juicy, rum-based clarified milk punch. I’ve been enamoured with clarified milk punch for a while now. I…
