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1 Happy Hour: Blood Orange Bellini
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2 Happy Hour: The Classic Bellini
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3 Happy Hour: Bellini
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4 Come Party With Me: Easter — Drinks
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5 Come Party With Me: Bachelorette — Drinks
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6 Come Party With Me: Gossip Girl Premiere — Drinks
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7 Happy Hour: Herb-Infused Bellini
The next time you've got a handful of ripe peaches that need to be consumed, use them to make bellinis. The Italian cocktail that originated in Harry's Bar in Venice combines sparkling wine with peach puree. Traditionally the peaches are white peaches, but it works well with any in-season variety. Although I love the classic bellini, it's fun to jazz it up. One way I like to do that is with the Read more
No season premiere party is complete without a special drink, especially if the show in question is Gossip Girl, where the characters seem to be constantly guzzling cocktails. All the recipes I'm making next Monday night were created by acclaimed New York City chefs: Daniel Boulud, Mario Batali, Eric Ripert — Blair and Serena have surely dined at their respective restaurants. Not to be Read more
If you're hosting a party — like Ronda's belly dancing-themed bachelorette — that begins in the early evening and carries on until the wee hours of morning at a second location, skip the shots and hard alcohol. You don't want guests getting too wasted too quickly, and you'll save money by not having to purchase a bunch of liquor. At a bachelorette, serve a girly, bubbly cocktail like this Read more
Like every holiday, your Easter dinner (or brunch) should start off with a signature cocktail. A drink that uses sparkling wine is especially celebratory. I plan on serving this concoction entitled peach and Prosecco ice. The pretty cocktail is similar to the classic bellini, but since peaches aren't in season it calls for frozen sliced peaches. It's festive, fruity, and light. The subtly sweet Read more
During the Summer's peach season, I love to enjoy bellinis. Similar to a mimosa, a bellini is Prosecco diluted with fresh white-peach puree. When made with perfectly ripe peaches, this glamorous cocktail is slightly sweet and delicately bubbly. Named for the 15th-century Venetian painter, Giovanni Bellini, the drink was created at Harry's Bar in Venice sometime between 1934 and 1948. Now it is Read more
If you have yet to consume a bellini this peach season, drop everything you are doing and run to the nearest grocery store or high-end watering hole. Bellinis are one of my favorite things about summer — the fresh white peach puree mixed with sparkling Italian Prosecco makes for a tasty, fabulous cocktail. Oozing with chicness, this drink is simple to make and a nice alternative to a mimosa. Read more
Easter is all about the brunch. If you go out or stay in here is a little reference guide for a variety of drinks that often accompany any brunch from fresh squeezed fruit juice to the classic Bloody Mary (which is not really the best way to get your lycopene, but might be the most fun). To check out the list, just read more Read more
Fashion Week started on Friday and I thought for today's happy hour cocktail I would do my favorite fashionable drink recipe, the Bellini. I first became obsessed with drinking Bellinis while reading Bergdorf Blondes. Typically a Bellini is made with fresh white peach puree but since it's winter I say we substitute the peach puree with blood orange juice. If you have never had a Bellini you MUST Read more
This photo of Hayleysf's Easter bellini bar makes us want to drop everything and make one of our own. Bellini bar: pomegranate, blueberry, and peach bellinis! For the complete how-to, visit her blog. Then share your own recent food experiences in our YumSugar community. Read more
Weekend brunch is one meal that I typically prefer to eat out. Beyond the fact that I get my Bellini served to me in an actual champagne flute, it's also such a hassle to pull together something even mildly elegant when I roll out of bed late on a Sunday morning. A hassle, that is, until I met the breakfast strata. The casserole of breakfast fare, the strata layers your favorite early-bird Read more
