Continuing on my adventures with the fizz, this seemed like an interesting twist on the silver fizz. Traditionally a silver fizz uses egg white (which I don’t consume), but this takes your basic gin fizz and adds in some heavy cream.
This is another Trader Vic “morning after” recipe, but imbibe carefully. It’d be pretty tough [...]

It was probably a year-and-a-half ago that I purchased Nick Mautone’s wonderful Raising the Bar. For those who haven’t read it, it’s a book about cocktail-based entertaining which includes all manner of recipes—cocktails, syrups, garnishes, punches and snacks. I think of him as something like the Martha Stewart of cocktail parties. Just without the bizarre [...]

The fizz. It’s a simple thing, really. A cousin of the sour family, the fizz first appeared in Jerry Thomas’ 1887 bar guide, and is a simple mix of liquor, acidic juice and carbonated water. Probably the most common incarnation is the gin fizz, which is made of gin, lemon juice, sugar, and fizzy water. [...]

Today started out as a single-post day. Ran some errands, straightened up the house, settled in to watch the World Cup final between France and Italy. Such occasions call for a drink, particularly when you’re facing double overtime and the possibility of a penalty shoot-out—a penalty shoot-out in the final game of Zidane’s career.
Then, once [...]

Today’s drink comes courtesy of Kaiser Penguin. I found this recipe a few weeks ago and kept telling myself to remember to make it. Naturally, this was around the same time that Intoxica! arrived, so the Orange Viola and its orange-y wonders were waylaid by the magic of tiki fever.
Now I have finally managed to [...]