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6-4-2-1 Equals a Family Cocktail

Posted on December 20, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

The recipe paper-clipped inside one of my grandmother’s cooking pamphlets sounds like a scientific formula: 6 orange juice, 4 ging, 2 vermouth, 1 lemon.

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Spring Frivolity: Vermouth-Cassis from the 1930s

Posted on May 23, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

So far, the recipes I’ve been reading in my grandmother’s cookbooks from the 1930s focus more on healthy family dinners than frivolity. My search for something more festive took me to the Chanticleer Society’s post for the top cocktails of … Continue reading →

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