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Hi there! I have my own private food blog that I thought you guys would be interested in. I haven't been very active in this group with new recipes because they're all going into this new blog.The Pulse of Summer: Blender Drinks Are Back
The Pulse of Summer: Blender Drinks Are Back http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/dining/25blender.html?th&emc=th By PETE WELLS Published: June 25, 2008 YOU may regard the electric blender as a helpful household appliance. For your bartender, it is a tool straight from the devil. “You’d be hard pressed to find a barman who takes his work seriously who works in a joint with a blender,” said Duggan McDonnell, an owner of the bar Cantina in San Francisco.NYT: A Dash of Party A, a Splash of Party B
A lighthearted view of the perils of planning an inter-party dinner.. -------------------------------- February 12, 2009 A Dash of Party A, a Splash of Party B By MICHELLE SLATALLA http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/fashion/12spy.html?ref=fashion THE big drawback to being a host who wants to give a perfect dinner party is that you end up paralyzed by too many decisions. Is red meat O.K.?The Winning Drink: The "Caramel Mochatini"
The "Caramel Mochatini" Winning Drink Recipe:
What you'll need:
Martini Glass
Shaker & Ice
1oz.- Stoli Vanilla Vodka (Or whatever your favorite Vanilla Vodka is)
1oz.- Baileys Caramel Irish Cream
1oz.- Godiva White Chocolate Liquor
1/2oz.-Starbucks Liquor
1 packet of Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate Powder
1 bottle of caramel ice-cream topping
1 dark chocolate bar
Directions:
Rim martini glass with Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate Powder.
Drizzle Glass with caramel ice-cream topping.
Shave dark chocolate bar onto plate.
Peppermint Patty
Peppermint Patty
Ingredients:
2 ounces vodka
1 ounces peppermint schnapps
1/2 ounces white creme de cacao
Directions:
Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice.
Stir gently and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with peppermint stick.
Serge Gainsbourg: Poèt Maudit of the 70's
Vanity Fair magazine - Nov 2007: Legends
Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg on the set of the movie Slogan, June 1968. By Gilles Caron/Contact Press Images.
The Secret World of Serge Gainsbourg
Sixteen years after Serge Gainsbourg's death, his small, graffiti-covered Paris house is almost exactly as he left it—crammed with mementos of his poetic, nicotine-and-alcohol-fueled, sometimes scandalous life as France's most adored singer-songwriter, lover of Jane Birkin and Brigitte Bardot, and friend to countless taxi drivers and policemen.
Summer Solstice Sake Sparkler
I saw this recipe on the Food Network website and it looked fun. Ive never tried sake, but it looks tasty presented this way!
1 fresh basil leaf, chopped
6 fresh mint leaves
2 lemon twists
2 orange wedges
1/4 English cucumber, seeded and diced, very cold
1 1/2 ounces orange flavored liqueur (recommended: Cointreau)
Ice cubes
250 ml bottle sparkling sake
Put the basil, mint, lemon, orange, cucumber, and orange liqueur in a cocktail shaker.
Two Turtle Doves
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 oz Smirnoff vodka
- 1 oz coconut cream
- 1 oz half and half
- 1/4 oz creme de cacao
Rimming: shaved white chocolate rim
Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass rimmed with shaved white chocolate rim.
Mango Margaritas
Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Desserts
Mango Margaritas
Sugar, for rim of glasses
1/2 lime, cut into quarters
1/2 cup tequila
2/3 cup mango nectar
3 tablespoons bottled lime juice
1 cup ice cubes
Spread a thin layer of sugar on a saucer. Run 1 lime wedge around rim of 2 margarita or martini glasses. Press rims into sugar on saucer to create narrow sugared edge on each glass.
Rum Kiwi Daisy Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 2 oz white rum
- 12 fresh mint leaves
- 2 lime wedges
- 1 Zespri green kiwifruit
- 1/2 oz honey syrup (1 part honey and 1 part water) Garnish: 1 lime wedge
Slice kiwifruit in half and use a spoon to scoop out small pieces into a cocktail shaker. Add mint leaves, lime and honey syrup and muddle to combine. Add rum, and shake all ingredients with ice.
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