Mardi Gras Menu 2016, cooked by yours truly! No king cake this year as I'm a bit peaked on sweets.
Breakfast: Eggs Sardou & Fried Oysters Lunch: Crawfish & Andouille Étouffée Shrimp Gumbo - Haile...
Mardi Gras Menu 2016, cooked by yours truly! No king cake this year as I'm a bit peaked on sweets.
Breakfast: Eggs Sardou & Fried Oysters Lunch: Crawfish & Andouille Étouffée Shrimp Gumbo - Haile...
Today I sampled Gordon’s, one of the original grandfathers of London dry gin (since the late 1700s) and the dry martini, so much so that it featured prominently in many vintage martini ads (I’ve added...
We’re long overdue for a Gin Tasting Note, Vacation Week Edition, which allowed me to languidly stroll the city’s new liquor megastore & line up the latest contestants. Today we have Broker’s London D...
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Gin Tasting Notes to bring you a special Bourbon Edition. I've finally gotten my hands on something I've long coveted, Jefferson's Ocean, an extremely small batch...
It’s been a long time since I’ve done a Gin Tasting Note. Today I found this intriguing bottle of gin waiting for a review: Opihr Oriental London Dry Gin, hailing from England, of course. Its label ma...
House and patio prepped for Mardi Gras! Now for the Mardi Gras Menu:
Still one of my favorite labors of love, cocktail-wise: A Raspberry Fizz, this time made with French Chambord topped with champagne. The lovely creaminess comes from a raw egg white that is separately...
The next in my ongoing gin tasting series is Spirit Hound Distillers Gin, produced just down the road in Lyons, and comes recommended to me by at least two people. It’s produced with locally grown “ju...
The label promises flavors of “natural poppy, dragon eye and hints of crisp citrus.” Mostly what I got out of it is: slightly sweet. So, if you like the light smoothness of New Amsterdam Gin and want...
It’s gin sampling day again, and I have finally acquired the top shelf gin, Hendrick’s, from Scotland (and now reason #479 to visit Scotland). This is the magnum opus of gins. With eleven botanicals,...