I love Hawaiian vacations, and a great tropical drink served on the islands is the Mai Tai. Every time I go to Hawaii (and I’ve been there a lot), I head straight for a bar and ask them to shake up their best Mai Tai recipe.
The Mai Tai is one of the best tropical rum [...]
Gary shielded himself with the door of the liquor cabinet while he poured four ounces of gin onto ice…. Still shielded by the cabinet door, Gary took a hefty warmish gulp. Then, closing the cabinet, he held up the glass in case anyone cared to see what a relatively modest drink he’d poured himself.
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The Old-Fashioned cocktail sounds quite old fashioned. I mean, who on earth drinks these things anymore? Um… my brother and me. We had them over the holidays, and I must say, Old-Fashioned cocktails rock.
It’s bourbon with an amazing blend of bitter, sweet and sour flavors. I’ve seen more complicated recipes that muddle in the cherries [...]
After the past few crazy weeks, I’m now thinking fondly back to a sailing trip friends and I did on a catamaran around the British Virgin Islands. We sailed, snorkeled, and dived by day, then dined, drank, and partied by night (none of which were dark and stormy.) The boat had four bedrooms, but I [...]
Limoncello is a lemony vodka after-dinner liqueur, popular in Italy and France. I took a cooking class at Sur La Table from celebrity chef Joanne Weir, and one of the recipes she tossed out there for us was limoncello. (She also leads cooking tours in Europe which sound totally fun. Check out her website!)
If you [...]
I’ve lived in New England, so I know what cold is like. Now I’m in Nor-Cal, and while it’s not the same cold, we did have snow Wednesday morning on the hills a few miles from my house! It was so cold, in order to watch my daughter’s after-school soccer game (they won, and she [...]
The best Irish Coffee in the world is served at San Francisco’s Buena Vista Café. Located opposite the end-of-the-line cable car stop at Fisherman’s Wharf, the saloon has been there for ages. White-jacketed bar tenders line up dozens of glasses at a time. They pour coffee, stir sugar, and pour whiskey right down [...]
David Mott is a divorced single father of a teen daughter and son offering stories, tips and opinions on single parenting, two-home families, cooking, cocktails, books, music, self awareness - and relationships formed in an age of online dating, text messaging, hookups and booty calls.
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