Pros: Great food; long list of rum drinks Cons: Drinks didn’t entirely wow me Rating: 4 out of 5 Review book (published 2009) provided courtesy of Chronicle Books. Jessica Harris’s Rum Drinks: 50 Caribbean Cocktails, From Cuba Libre to…
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Summer Cream de Menthe (no that isn’t a misspelling)
I had five leftover egg yolks from another recipe, and had no idea what to do with them, but no desire to waste them. I used the marvelous ingredient-based search engine on recipe site AllRecipes.com to look for likely candidates.…
Posted in Cooking Tagged with: beverages, cocktails, Creme de Menthe, drinks, mint, recipes, summer drinks
"Zero-Proof Cocktails," Liz Scott
Pros: Wonderful and varied alcohol-free cocktail recipes! Cons: Be prepared to search for some ingredients Rating: 5 out of 5 Review copy courtesy of Ten Speed Press. There are times when I’m glad I’m not so fond of the…
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: alcohol-free, cocktails, drinks, Liz Scott, mixed drinks, zero-proof
"Cocktail Food: 50 Finger Foods with Attitude", Corpening
“Cocktail Food: 50 Finger Foods with Attitude” is my third cookbook by the Corpening twins. The other two are “Wraps” and “Smoothies,” and they’re every bit as good. These women have a knack for unusual, very flavorful food with very strange names.
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