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The Wednesday Tipple – White Russian
It’s been a week characterized by coffee. Firstly because husband Jon, in an attempt to master the fancy espresso machine that was his Christmas present decided to sample many varieties of beans from the Porto Rico Importing Company on Bleeker … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, cake, coffee, coffee cake, espresso, hypergraphia, icing, kahlua, vegetarian, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple: Pink Cocktails for Valentines Day
Valentines Day is one of the more depressing days of the year to be single in a Manhattan full of pink and cupids, set menus and single roses. Mostly, being footloose and fancy free in the city can be a … Continue reading
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Tagged champagne, cosmo, cosmopolitan, cranberry juice, cupid, grapefruit juice, lime, rosewater, Sara, sea breeze, valentine's, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple – Tree Trimming Punch (and vanilla star cookies)
Walking home from choir through midtown I pass a veritable forest of Christmas trees. Some, like the one at Rockefeller that presides over the skaters and the shoppers, are a joyful cacophony of light and sparkle. Others, guarding the banks … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, apple cider, apple juice, biscuit, Christmas, Christmas tree, cinnamon, cocktail, cookie, holiday party, tree trimming, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple – Well behaved Lychee Martinis (with edamame) in preparation for Sneak Like A Ninja Day
I’ve been perfecting my lychee martini recipe in anticipation on Sneak Like A Ninja Day, which, of course, I’m sure we’re all celebrating on December 5th. It’s one of my favorite parties of the year – lychee martinis, sushi for … Continue reading
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Tagged edamame, edible flowers, Grace, lychee, martini, ninja, sneak like a ninja, vodka
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The Wednesday tipple – Vanilla Vodka Hot Chocolate for fortification against the cold while watching the inflation of giant balloons
The thing that astonishes me about Thanksgiving is how quickly something becomes a tradition. This will be my 5th celebration of the holiday, my 3rd in New York, and already there are things I have to do otherwise it just … Continue reading
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Tagged balloons, chocolate, cinnamon, Dora the Explorer, honey, hot chocolate, milk, Parade, Thanksgiving, vanilla vodka, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple – white cranberry cosmopolitans (with baked camembert and homemade cranberry sauce) to cheer up a friend who dated a turkey
“I wouldn’t say it was a good date, really. No.†said friend Sara as we sloshed the white cranberry juice into the shaker. Sara, you may recall, has been taking positive action since discovering herself to be in the middle … Continue reading
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Tagged camembert, cheese, Christmas, cocktail, cointreau, cosmopolitan, cranberry, cranberry juice, food, online dating, recipe, Sara, Thanksgiving, turkey, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple – Hot Toddies for a cold Bonfire Night
It’s nearly Bonfire Night, the perfect time to get stuck into drinks that are as warming for the inside as they are on the outside and write the name of secret crushes in a trail of light from a sparkler. … Continue reading
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Tagged apple cider, bonfire, clove, cocktail, food, frangelico, guy fawkes, hot chocolate, hot toddie, hot toddy, orange, port, recipe, sausage, steaming bishop, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple – Cold Martinis, Hot Gossip and Union Square Café Bar Nuts
Amazing Grace met a man in the park. Park Man turned out to have a name. His name was Alex. And he took her for a drink, made her laugh, complimented her new red jacket, and said he would call … Continue reading
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Tagged gossip, Grace, lemon, martini, nuts, recipe, rosemary, Sara, Union Square Cafe, vermouth, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple – Lemon Drop (with cucumber and smoked salmon)
Jon and I were eating lemon ice lollies and walking through the park to the Met to explore the jungle-gym / art installation on the roof when we became aware of a drama going on beside the boating lake. Children … Continue reading
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Tagged canape, cointreau, creme fraiche, cucumber, lemon, man walking a cat, salmon, sorbet, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple – Frozen Watermelon Martini (with Mozzarella and Mango Chutney Wonton Parcels)
I have recently re-taken up swimming, and potter up and down my lane in a fairly pedestrian breast stroke, trying not to give in to chlorine-induced hallucinations about losing the locker key in a drain or swallowing a stray floating … Continue reading
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Tagged feta, lime, mango chutney, martini, mozzarella, vegetarian, vodka, watermelon, wonton
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