Introducing a Tessin Rinpoche staple: the FreeBerry     I am honored to have a guest post about the FreeBerry on Apartment Therapy’s The Kitchn!  For FreeBerry details, check it out! A video of me making one is below:  

My cocktail trinity consists of the Gibson, the Negroni, and the Manhattan.  I’ve already demonstrated the Manhattan, and today I will demonstrate the Gibson. A Gibson is a martini: truly a martini because all it has is gin and dry vermouth.  The defining ingredient of a Gibson is the cocktail onion garnish. Onions in cocktails?  [...]

EE didn’t used to like Negronis. I think the Campari was a bit strong (it can be an acquired taste).  I ended up creating this drink for EE as something that is simple to make, but that has a pretty complex taste. Ingredients 1 Gin (typically Sapphire) 0.9 Aperol 0.7 Cointreau The absurd measurements above [...]

I was only able to participate in Saturday’s Manhattan Cocktail Classic events, but am very glad to hear that MCC will be making a full-week run in spring 2010. EE and I attended the Employees Only “Tales From Behind the Bar” seminar.  It was spectacular.  Jason and Dushan told the entire EO tale, which they [...]

I love gin & tonics.  They’re classic; they’re refreshing; but they are not a fall or winter drink.  Writing about gin & tonic as the northern states slide into the crisp weather of fall is contradictory to my belief that drinks should fit with time and place.  Yet there are incredibly compelling reasons to take [...]

Amazing pizza at Franny’s in Brooklyn this weekend (still wondering how they got so much flavor into the clam pizza), but it started with great drinks: Left to right: Luxardo Negroni – Hendrick’s, Luxardo Bitter and Carpano Antica Formula Bella Rosa – Plymouth, Luxardo Maraschino, Aperol and fresh lime juice Twice Bitter – Fernet Branca, [...]

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: [...]

I read some articles earlier in the summer about punch making a comeback in the cocktail world.  I was generally discouraged by many of the suggested recipes because I don’t like my drinks that sweet.  Besides, I’m not typically making drinks for enough people to justify a punchbowl. Luckily, all that changed this weekend. Fully [...]