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Category Archives: cocktails
Foolish Recipes
In this book, the can opener is a “magic wand” leading to family meals that are “speedy, easy, appetizing – and fun!” Um, appetizing? Continue reading
Posted in cocktails, cookbooks, Food, history, History
Tagged 1930s, American Can Company, April Fool, canned food, Cincinnati, gelatin, Ohio, Peas, Primerica, Quick Trick Cookery, tomato juice, tomatoes, tongue
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A Bright Brunch Cocktail
Because I’m a runner, my brunch beverage of choice is usually Gatorade, but once in awhile it’s fun to set a festive table without resorting to the Bloody Mary and Mimosa standards. This recipe for San Francisco Cocktail comes from … Continue reading
Posted in cocktails, cookbooks, Food, History, memoir
Tagged berry, California, cinnamon drops, cocktails, Gatorade, Junior League, Knoxville, lemon, port, recovery, run, runner, San Francisco, Tennessee, white port
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Snow Blower Cocktail for Patriots Fans
Since I live in the capital of Patriots Nation, I could hardly pass up a chance to serve my Super Bowl crowd a locally themed cocktail to supplement our beer. I found my recipe in the St. Jean’s Book of … Continue reading
Posted in cocktails, cookbooks, Food, history, History
Tagged cranberry, Greentail Table, lemon, Massachusetts, New England, New England Patriots, Newton, Nonantum, Patriots, St. Jean's church, Super Bowl
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Party Punch that Swirls and Sparkles
Whether you plan to celebrate or protest, the U.S. Presidential inauguration week begins with gatherings of all kinds.
Posted in cocktails, cookbooks, Food, history, History
Tagged club soda, Deaconess, ginger ale, lemon, lime, Massachusetts, mint, Newton, Newton Massachusetts, orange, pineapple juice, punch, punch bowl
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A Well-Traveled White Lady Cocktail
Whenever my son arrives for a visit from Germany, where he now lives, he brings recipes for us to try together – always an adventure!
Posted in cocktails, cookbooks, Food, history, History
Tagged cocktail, cointreau, egg white, Germany, getranke, gin, London, maraschino cherries, White Lady
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A Mighty Mint Cordial
By this time of the summer, mint threatens to overrun my garden. The sprigs that I welcomed when they poked up through the icy soil now crowd my rosemary and parsley. What better way to thin them than to pick … Continue reading
Posted in cocktails, cookbooks, Food, history, History
Tagged 1850s, brandy, cognac, Early American Beverages, Mary Randolph, mint, Richmond, Virginia
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A Cocktail From the 50th State
Hawaii, coveted for its sugar plantations and its strategic location in the Pacific, didn’t become the 50th of the United States until 1959. Just six years later, history does not creep into Vincent and Mary Price’s A Treasury of Great … Continue reading
Posted in cocktails, cookbooks, Food, history, History
Tagged 1960s, A Treasury of Great Recipes, Hawaii, Mary Price, Maui, pineapple juice, rum, Vincent Price
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‘Shake Until Frost Forms’
In the 19th century, British sailors used to mix their rations of lime juice (to prevent scurvy) with rum, creating the gimlet and other gin-lime cocktails. This Cool o’ the Evening cocktail from the Charleston Receipts (The Junior League of … Continue reading
Posted in cocktails, cookbooks, Food, history, History
Tagged 1950s, Charleston, gin, Junior League, lemon, mint, South Carolina
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Baseball Cocktail with Global Appeal
The Boston Red Sox just returned to Fenway Park for the 2016 season with concession stands awash in expensive beer. It’s easier, though certainly less rowdy, to watch a game from the living room couch nursing a Cooperstown Cocktail. I discovered … Continue reading
Posted in cocktails, cookbooks, Food, history, History
Tagged baseball, Boston, Cooperstown, Fenway Park, Germany, mint, Red Sox, vermouth, vodka
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A Pale Green Spring Cocktail
Boston’s first day of spring started with snowstorm, but the white stuff soon melted and the daffodils perked up again. In this blustery, changeable season, I crave a palate cleanser. Enter the Snap, a drink I found in The Bartender’s Guide … Continue reading