by jocelyn_mitchell | Dec 8, 2022 | Drink
Everyone has that person in their lives who likes to enjoy a fine classic single-malt Scotch on the rocks (or for the truly hard-core, neat!). I am not that person. I like my Scotch in a cocktail. I’m here to assure you that you should feel free to use the “good...
by jocelyn_mitchell | Dec 3, 2022 | Drink
Thanksgiving isn’t just a marathon of eating. Thanksgiving can often be a marathon of drinking too! So, it’s important to pace yourself and your guests. For this Thanksgiving, we wanted to create a welcome drink before the meal. The Halloween spooks-a-latte was...
by jocelyn_mitchell | Dec 2, 2022 | Drink
Ah, the holidays! The season when you sit by the fire and fall asleep from all that delicious overeating. Here’s where a nice jolt of espresso can really help you stay awake and enjoy all those special holiday moments! This week at my cocktail tasting, I shared my...
by jocelyn_mitchell | Nov 25, 2022 | Drink
Bubbly is perfect for the holidays! But did you know that it is so easy to add a little extra to your champagne flute to make your holiday bubbly extra special? Yes, you can measure out the cocktail ingredients for the champagne sidecar or the Elderflower French 75...
by jocelyn_mitchell | Nov 18, 2022 | Drink
I remember the first time Nick and I tried a classic Negroni, a traditional mixture of gin, red Italian bitter liqueur, and red vermouth. We hated it. Perhaps it was the quality of the ingredients or the overwhelming bitterness of the Campari, but we were both shocked...
by jocelyn_mitchell | Nov 11, 2022 | Drink
My favorite scene in the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie is when Johnny Depp’s pirate wakes up to Kiera Knightley’s character chucking all the barrels of rum into a gigantic beach bonfire meant to create a 1,000-feet high smoke signal that will lead to their...
