I’m feeling nostalgic today and decided to update a post I made a while back about the Tom Collins cocktail. The nostalgia comes in because a Tom Collins was the first cocktail I ever tried. It has sweetness but also enough tart to make your tongue twitch in anticipation of the next delightful sip. As… Continue reading Throwback Thursday: Tom Collins
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Vintage Friday: Tom Collins 1952
For an after dinner cocktail, gin held the honor as one of the top spirits in the 1950s. Martinis, gimlets, and Tom Collins were all the rage in that decade of renewed optimism and prosperity. Interest in retro drinks has revived as we look back in time with nostalgia and a sense of longing for… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Tom Collins 1952
Cocktail Saturday: Gimlet
A conundrum! What to have on a hot Saturday night while sitting downtown at an outside table with friends, enjoying a couple of hours of Music on the Square? Brilliant solution! Fried mushrooms and a light, refreshing gimlet. GIMLET Ingredients: 2 ounces gin, 2 ounces Rose’s lime juice, wedge of lime for garnish. Directions: Add… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Gimlet
Cocktail Saturday: Long Tall Gin & Tonic
Don’t you sometimes get an urge for a taste of citrus? In the late spring and summertime, fresh juicy limes are particularly refreshing. They give the assurance of health and nature in all her bounty and go wonderfully well with gin. Although gin’s reputation is not as glamorous as it used to be, that herbal… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Long Tall Gin & Tonic
Cocktail Saturday: Tom Collins
Gin was the go to spirit in the 1950s when martinis, gimlets, and Tom Collins were all the rage. Those retro drinks are seeing a big comeback right now in the second decade of the 21st century. Gimlet is one of my favorites– so refreshing. Martinis seem ultra strong to me, but they’re also the… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Tom Collins
Vintage Friday: It’s the Bee’s Knees, Baby!
Get dolled up in your flapper dress and enjoy these scrumptious tidbits inspired by the Roaring Twenties. The crazy pic to the left is an old one of me at a library fundraiser. BEE’S KNEES COCKTAIL Ingredients: 2 ounces gin, ¾ ounce honey syrup (mix ½ ounce honey with ½ ounce water), ½ ounce lemon juice.… Continue reading Vintage Friday: It’s the Bee’s Knees, Baby!
Cocktail Saturday: Spring Fever “Gimic”
Has spring fever struck you yet? After a long hard winter of salted meats and root vegetables, our forebears yearned to ingest the first green shoots to cleanse and invigorate the body. After the sluggish winter months, the digestion needed a jump start and the blood needed purifying. These green drinks became known as spring… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Spring Fever “Gimic”