Week 3 of Champagne December was a sliding scale, on all fronts: of different price points of champagne, of different sweetness in my bubbly, and in first impressions.

I chased into the higher end...

It’s Champagne December, but it’s also been a long, unforgiving day. You pinched a seriously painful nerve in your right arm fixing things too far above your head. The traffic was awful, the stores...

It’s Champagne December, guys! I’m pursuing my dubious goal of filling my glass with champagne this month as easily as one would Coors Light.

This post is part Week 2 check-in, and part irreverent...

Committing to Champagne December took some planning. It’s Day 8, and I can boast the dubious achievement of having enjoyed champagne each night so far. While having champagne every night is not necess...

Descend with me, into a journey of the outrageous: an entire month devoted to champagne. Welcome to Champagne December. This was my first seven days.

The Goal

While I was not required to enjoy cha...

A day off work is great opportunity to deep-dive into a decadent, beguiling champagne cocktail for Champagne December.

For our next feature this month, which we’ve dedicated to self care in the fo...

2017 has aged like a grease fire.

I’ve taken a notable break from documenting my cocktail and culinary adventures over the past year or so. During this time, I’ve experimented with many things, in...

Finally got my life together for the holiday. We had bacon and spinach/gorgonzola frittatas for breakfast. Dinner was roast duck, seared & butter-braised Brussels sprouts, duck fat potatoes, lemon mer...

Mardi Gras has grown to be our biggest holiday of the year. It's our Christmas; it's better than. There's no stress of wishlists or presents or wrapping or naughty kids. It's a pure joy holiday where...

The requisite amount of time was spent suspiciously eyeing this gin on the shelf and examining its contents under strong lights to determine that indeed, this gin is blue. Fear not, this isn’t merely...