Limey Deliciousness Beer? Good. Limeaid? Good. Mixing the two together? Cabo San Lucas in a glass!! Once again I’m a bit fixated on football friendly party food this week and thus I bring you the Beer & Lime cocktail!! It couldn’t be easier to make… or more refreshing! Here’s What You’ll Need Frozen Limeaid Carona
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Beer & Lime Cocktail
Limey Deliciousness Beer? Good. Limeaid? Good. Mixing the two together? Cabo San Lucas in a glass!! Once again I’m a bit fixated on football friendly party food this week and thus I bring you the Beer & Lime cocktail!! It couldn’t be easier to make… or more refreshing! Here’s What You’ll Need Frozen Limeaid Carona
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English Wassail
Wikipedia tells me that Wassail is an old English tradition, tied to the idea that a cup of cider would ensure next year’s apple harvest was a good one. It also informs me that it’s pronounced WAY-SAIL instead of Wah-Sell like me and my hill people have been pronouncing it. If you’re not familiar with
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Cooking Lessons: The Fairweather From Eva Restaurant
This gorgeous cocktail is the brainchild of Gabriella Mlynarczyk, the mixologist for Eva Restaurant in West Hollywood. This gem of an eatery wasn’t on my radar until I went in for my lesson and I have no idea why! It’s so chic and cozy, and the food, my Lord the food is absolute perfection!! I’m
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Cooking Lesson: Meringue Bellini by Joe’s Restaurant
Peachy Keen Doesn’t this look divine? I learned to make it last week with my new friend Jennifer at Joe’s Restaurant on Abbot Kinney in Venice. It’s a meringue bellini so think sweet peaches, the essence of basil, a frothy top and the all over fizzy goodness of the champagne. Yum! If ONLY I’d had a
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Cooking Lessons: The Amigo Room Peeping Tom
The good folk at The Amigo room in The Ace Palm Springs refer to this as “The Peeping Tom” I might be more inclined to call it a Tomato Mojito (because of the lime and mint) but if we’re be honest with ourselves, it’s probably closer to a margarita because of the tequila. Regardless, it’s
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Rosemary Grapefruit Margarita
Would you just look at this stunning cocktail/appetizer pairing from Camden Drive?? Those fabulous foodies have rocked my world again with a rosemary grapefruit margarita and they’ve shared the recipe so you can enjoy it this weekend!! Camden paired theirs with a chicken chorizo empanada that probably took upwards of 17 hours to make because
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Cinco de Mayo Michelada
I was first introduced to the Michelada years ago by one of my favorite Latinas. It’s packed with flavor and quite easy to “accidentally” have one too many of during a weekend brunch. Think of it as the Mexican bloody mary, except rather than liquor the alcohol of choice is beer. It’s perfect for a
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Ice Queen
Summer is moments away and in anticipation of all those fabulous cocktail parties you’ll be throwing consider some custom ice cubes! I found these silicone ice cube trays at Sur La Table and decided to start making and storing different flavors of ice for the “usual suspects” aka-my go to drinks Ice Ice Baby The
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Salty Dog Cocktail