With summer in full swing, we finally have access to fantastic seasonal produce like cherries. I love mixing up cocktails with this particular stone fruit because of its fantastic sweet-tart flavour and the brilliant shade of ruby red it imparts. Since cherries are grown in Ontario and celebrate the abundance of our region, I wanted…
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Pop My Cherry Margarita
If you’ve been following along for awhile now you might have noticed that I *really* like cherry cocktails. This summer stone fruit is just the tops in my opinion and I’ve whipped up the Ruby Tuesday and this Cherry Bourbon Sour using this star ingredient. This Pop My Cherry Margarita pairs freshly muddled cherries with…
Singapore Sling
On my virtual happy hour series I’ve been pushing people a bit beyond the three-ingredient cocktails we started with. In part because there are only so many three-ingredient cocktails you can do before it starts getting repetitive. In part because some viewers have asked for a bit more of a challenge. And lastly, because there…
Chinese Fizz
So, earlier this week I posted a recipe for Banoffee Pie to mark the two year blogiversary and was absolutely overwhelmed by the response. It turns out, many of you, like me, are old church ladies who like classic British desserts. Welcome, let’s be friends. As I mentioned in that post, banana desserts have been…
Bee’s Knees Cocktail
Let me start off by saying, I’m sorry Mom, Mom’s friends, and Dad. This instalment of Taste & Tipple isn’t personal. The Bee’s Knees is a classic gin cocktail with a name that reminds me of the kind of description a boomer would use to characterize a fledgling romance, “Oh, he just thinks you’re the…
