pickle back shots brought me back to the whiskey

so, if you know me in real life- you know that I do not drink brown. I did at one time, and I had a time. But, I've decided it's best for all if I refrain.

Enter the Pickle Back.

Around March of 2010 the pickle back craze began quietly in nyc.

And I was reminded of it a few months ago.

A shot of Jameson & a shot of picklejuice to follow.

The perfect companion for a gross little lady like me.

don't knock it until you try it.

this is not a paloma

Inspired by the tequila and the color of a paloma

I decided to make a reddish pink tequila drink in a snifter.

A paloma is

1 dash of grenadine

1 ounce of fresh pressed grapefruit juice

1.3 ounces of gold tequila

and it is good.

shaken and strained into a martini glass with a lime wheel.

What did we make?

oh, well, we named it a Salty Ohpiuchus

A direct result of all of the hoopli A dooooo

about this new sign. It's been around forever and guess what,

it has nothing to do with your sign changing. Whatever you are- you still are :)

so yea. Let's drink this drink and talk about something else.

What do you need?

tequila, I used silver, luxardo maraschino liquer, pomegranate puree, fresh lime dash of bitters.

• 1.5 ounces of tequila
• a splash of marashino liquer (2 if you like what it does to your mouth)
• 1 ounce of pomegranate puree.
• .5 fresh lime juice
• dash of bitters.

Shake and strain into a 1/2 salted snifter.

wow. this is really good. makes this astrology pandemonium less annoying.

xxoo

sage & tangerine margarita

photo credit anbanet.com


Margaritas may not scream winter, but they do bellow PARTY!!

so, let's cut out the manufacturers and become our own best friend with a 'healthier margarita' served for 1 or 4 (pitcher style)
tangerines, sage, cointreau, lime, tequila

• press tangerine juice from about 6 tangerines. you may dabble with other types of winter citrus if you'd like, grapefruit, blood orange all are perfectly delicious. I'd pair grapefruit with mint though, and the blood orange with some lavender...but I'm a crazy bird.
  

• slap the sage against your palm to release the aromatic properties
• muddle up the sage with half of a pressed tangerine in a shaker- keep the rind (skin) on. You don't really need the juicy pulp- it's the rind that will release the oils and make the muddling worth it.
  
• put ice in the shaker
• add 1/2 oz of cointreau
• 2 oz of tequila
• squeeze 2 lime wedges on top
• strain and pour into a snifter full of ice
  
• garnish with a tangerine wedge & a sage leaf
  

If making this in pitcher form, press about 15 tangerines, muddle up a handful of sage, add 8-10 oz of tequila (or more)
and 2 oz of cointreau


The best part about this margarita is that you are cutting out the packaging and excess sugars in manufactured products. You pressed the juice, you muddled the sage, and now you get to reap the sweet rewards of this too good to be true margarita!

tangerine dream

tangerine! the able to be rhymed orange hued fruit!


Press some tangerines (about 10)

• 2 0z tangerine

• 1 oz vanilla vodka

• squeeze a fresh lime wedge

• shake & strain in a martini glass.

• garnish with a mint leaf

if you want to use regular vodka and don't have a crush on vanilla like I do, toss in a dabble of maraschino liquer it's sooooo goood.


so easy.

an ode to orangina

Refresh!
You know how missy elliot or whomever will yell out REMIX at the beginning of her songs?
no, well, that's ok.
I like to yell in my brain DETOX at the beginning of a hangover. viva la missy elliot.

this drink has inspired many hangovers of mine in the past & it is very refreshing!
it reminds me of when I realized that not only was orangina not just for scruffy, rail thin, European men on bicycles- but it was also for me! but it's also SUPER refreshing!

you may use vanilla or vodka regularis

prepare this drink over ice in a pint glass or a tumbler. i vote for the pint glass,

• 2 0z vodka

• splash of good oj

• or fresh pressed oranges (come on you are WORTH it)

• splash or 2 of soda water or ginger ale if your guts ache.

yum! drink it with a straw & have more than one!

and don't suggest that you just mix vodka with actual orangina it's not the same- and it has nothing to to with concocting :)

I am the brett favre of the restaurant industry!

Yes, I am. I have been donning an apron, dansko mary janes, a pressed white/black/plaid shirt, ponytail, you name it since 1995. First foray? retirement home as a dietary aide (fancy speak for waitress) I can not believe that they gave my 16 year old fine bodied self the power to read strict diet and medical secret lingo& serve the food accordingly to dying people. Next up, Steamers bus girl. One of those Ct mooring restaurants where most of the patrons arrive by sea rather than car. I think the next one was Amherst Brewing Company as a door man with a sprained ankle and eventually as a server. Northampton Brewing Company was next, Chowder Pot Restaurant followed, & then I started to get FANCY! Guilford Tavern, Che Tango, La Luna, Grafton Street in Boston, The Tavern in the Square (hands down worst ever!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha) Omni Parker House, 2 days @ the Marriot, Plough & Stars (special fave!) & now for my grand finale! well, I can't tell you but once I retire again I will be sure to! It is however, one amazing place for sure!!!!

After each job I swear off the industry & retire... but like a moth to a flame (or an ex boyfriend to my bed :O) I return.

:))

it's fun to recap on a super nostalgic almost fall day :)

So, let's have a drink in Brett Favre's honor.

This was a college slummin' favorite of mine. We used to call it 'sip & get naked', but from now on- I will call it: The Brett Favre

• 2 cans of busch beer

• 1 pint of vodka (get a handle so you can make a few batches)

• 1 or 2 canisters of frozen pink lemonade

put it all in a pitcher and stir it around with a wooden spoon.

pour in a glass. ahhhhh, to be young.

honeydew whiskey lemon press (for Other a)

I don't drink brown. Well, I used to. But I am not allowed to write on here why I don't anymore. If you would like to hear the full story in written form as to why I don't drink brown world send a self addressed stamped envelope to po box 4041 madison, ct. And maybe if you play your (whatever sized) cards right. I will tell you a tale.

Any ways. I decided to go for the brown.
This will work with bourbon if that is more your style.

• muddle up some honey dew, enough to cover the bottom of a pint glass.

• .5 gran marnier (i have a story about that stuff too)

• 1.5 irishmans whiskey (or whatever you fancy)

• .5 fresh pressed lemon juice

• shake and strain over ice.

this will not make a brown drinker out of me. But it most certainly tried.

an ode to thatchers....

Dear Thatchers Organic Artisan liquer...let me count the ways I love you,

I love you in BLUEBERRY
I love you in TRES CHILES
I love you in POMEGRANITE
I love you in CHOCOLATE
I love you in CUCUMBER
I love you in ELDERFLOWER
I love you in CHIPOLTE
and I am hearing that I will love you soon in YUMBERRY? COFFEHOUSE & BLOOD ORANGE! can't wait!
am I forgetting any one?
click here for goods

The packaging, the product, the conscience: A+
Or are you a Hampshire college student and don't rely or require grades?

Made in Michigan. Michigan? Yes, Michigan. temperance, michigan...road trip! just kidding..The manifesto is proud, simple and timelessly-modern in it's genuine mission of good, quality organic, small batches of artisan liqueur goodness...

I'm a sucker for a story, a family, a cleanly packaged product. So, thatchers, I love you and I will never tire of you!

2 of my favorite Thatcher influenced concoctions for summer!


TRES CHILES spritzer

(over ice)

• 1 oz thatchers tres chiles

• 2 vodka

• splash of lime

• splash or more of soda water

slice up some green chile peppers and garnish with that!
so! refreshing.

Vanilla Blueberry Martini

• 2 oz vanilla vodka (sobieski is what I've been using)

• muddle up some blueberries with thatchers BLUEBERRY

• about 1 & 1/2 oz to a handful of berries.

• cut the sweetness with a hearty splash of fresh lime juice

• shake like crazy and strain into a chilled martini glass

garnish with blueberries & enjoy.