Are you looking for something different to serve to your friends this season? Start the evening with a sparkling rhubarb cocktail. The bubbly pink color and the light taste of rhubarb adds a little cheer to any occasion.… Read more
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Rhubarb Simple Syrup
It’s time to celebrate rhubarb! The beautiful rose and green colored stalks are essential for spring dishes like rhubarb compote and rhubarb strawberry pies. In addition to using them for jams and desserts, you can use them to make rhubarb simple syrup. It’s delicious in cocktails or nonalcoholic spritzers. It’s also great poured on ice cream or yogurt. You’ll find a myriad of uses for your rhubarb simple syrup.… Read more
Bitter Southerner Cocktails
Changing up the classic Manhattan cocktail a bit, these Bitter Southerner cocktails call for Averna instead of sweet vermouth. Averna is a type of Amaro, an Italian bitter. The syrupy liquor has a spicy herbal, sweet flavor with citrus overtones. Thanks to the Averna, these Bitter Southerners are delicious!… Read more
Manhattan Cocktails
When our first snow of the season arrived on a Saturday night, we settled in for a cozy evening in front of a fire. It seemed like the perfect night for Manhattan cocktails.
As New England and other parts of the country are hit with record-breaking cold weather and snowstorms, it’s time to share the recipe. You might need one of these cocktails over the next few days.… Read more
Simple Syrup
Simple syrup is great for sweetening cold drinks, such as lemonade, iced tea or coffee. It also comes in handy when making cocktails, like this Rosé-Aperol Spritz.
It is much easier to sweeten cold drinks with simple syrup than with sugar. The syrup easily blends with liquids, unlike sugar, which sinks to the bottom of the glass and takes ages to dissolve.… Read more