Tag Archives: vermouth

Baseball Cocktail with Global Appeal

Posted on April 17, 2016 by heritagerecipebox

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 →

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A Pale Green Spring Cocktail

Posted on March 24, 2016 by heritagerecipebox

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 →

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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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