God bless – booze is back on the blog. It has been a hot minute since we wrapped up the 2019 edition of the Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar on December 24th and I am REJOICING to have my shaker back in hand because I need a drink. I’m jumping in with both feet…
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Five Golden Rings
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 19 – Five Golden Rings. Or if you’re singing the name of this cocktail, “Five GOOOOOOOOOLDEN Rings.” Do people still sing Christmas carols? Like go door-to-door and sing? I live in a condo so I would never encounter this seasonal behaviour in the wild. Let me know….
Tangerine Eggnog
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 17 – Tangerine Eggnog. I can feel your skepticism from here. If you’re wondering why I would dream of putting orange liqueur and tangerine peel in combination with eggnog, think of a delicious citrus curd. Eggs and citrus are a natural pairing in desserts, like in this…
Chai Eggnog Cheer
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 10 – Chai Eggnog Cheer. This recipe employs two of my loves: eggnog and chai. Fun fact, this is my Starbucks order: “grande no water chai tea latte with one shot of espresso.” If you’re mystified by what “no water” means, allow me to me shed some…
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…
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…
Cobra’s Fang & Tiki Giveaway
If you know me at all, you know that I’m obsessed with Tiki. I’ve talked about this at length before so I won’t rehash the finer points of my affection for this kitschy cocktail culture in this post but I am delighted to announce a giveaway that should help indoctrinate you into the world of…
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…
Colombian Coral
Finally, some warm weather. I have been dressing for the temperature it should be instead of the temperature it is. I call this aspirational attire. It’s 12 degrees on May 28? Don’t care, I’m wearing espadrilles and bypassing nylons. Similarly, I’ve been creating cocktails for the weather I want, not the weather we’ve had. This…
Meet Made with Love Competitor – Jordan Lang
On Tuesday I ran a little profile of Quinn Taylor, one of the barchefs competing in the Ottawa Finals of the Made With Love cocktail competition. Today, I’m pleased to introduce Jordan Lang, bartender at The Albion Rooms who inched out Quinn for top spot in the regional qualifiers back in February. I’m giving away…
