Boulevardier Cocktails

Boulevardier Cocktail

The Boulevardier cocktail, cousin to the Negroni, is made with whiskey instead of gin. While a traditional Negroni features the bitter of the beloved Campari and herbal flavors of gin, the whiskey in the Boulevardier mellows out the Campari, merging it into the warmth of the drink.

This cocktail will win you over during the cold winter months, when its rich flavors will take the chill off. Fair warning, you may want to drink it year round.… Read more

Negroni Cocktails

Negroni Cocktail

After reading Gabrielle Hamilton’s memoir, Blood, Bones and Butter, I have been craving some of the food and drink she writes about in her book. In the memoir she talks about drinking Negronis during her annual summer trips to Italy. It was only a matter of time (a very short amount of time in fact – I didn’t make it to “official” summer) before I made my first Negroni cocktail. It did not disappoint.… Read more