Our dear friend Becky has posted a comment so wonderful that it deserves to be its own post!  Way to go Becky, you are Tessin’s first guest-poster!  My response will go in the comments, natch. Here’s what Becky has to say: Your excellent Negroni post reminded me that I had been meaning to describe a [...]

It as been a year since the first post here on Tessin Rinpoche!  Our posting rate has ebbed and flowed, some of our drinks were better than others, but it’s been fun. I’ve learned some things: 1) kitchen torches are overkill for lighting things on fire: Raw Milk 2) I come from a long line of [...]

(EE-craftiness: part of a heart garland.) I love Valentine’s Day.  I view it as an ideal holiday, and strenuously disagree with those who consider it to be over-commercialized, depressing, and all the rest.  Valentine’s is a bright spot in in the otherwise desolate month of February (at least in the Northeast).  Even before the days of EE, I [...]

This post is about the perfect Christmas house party drink.  What do I mean by house party?  I mean being in a house for days surrounded by fudge, pie, frosted cookies, any number of other sweets, and hard candy.  I’m in this situation every year, and I pretty much pick up a sweet bit every [...]

I’ve gotten requests to help others start their home Mixology Stations, and that is just what this post will attempt to do.  Luckily I’ve been asked to opine on this topic previously and another time the in-laws asked what was needed for a fun Christmas.  The answer was about the same… Rude interruption from the readership rabble: [...]