The first Thanksgiving with the extended New Orleans family after my 21st birthday was a bit surreal: my Uncle was mixing Mimosas but the carton (pour out a third of the juice, fill with Champagne, shake and pour) and offered…
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Non-Alcoholic Cocktails
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I remember one visit home as a kid, my cousins and I had a slumber party at our grandparents (okay, one cousin is technically an aunt who’s 5 months younger than me and it was her house, but let’s not…
What's So Hard About Being a Lemon?
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You know the saying: When life gives you lemons… But why stop at just plain old lemonade? Why not bring lemonade from the stand to the shaker and beyond? When you hear “Hard Lemonade” it probably brings to mind the…
Jello Shots Get Classy
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Behold, the lowly Jello Shot. Generally relegated to college parties and other youthful excess, they’re a good way to consume quite a bit of alcohol without realizing just how much. But let’s look at just the Jello for a moment.…
A Touch of the Irish
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Most people who have encountered Irish Cream liqueur have done so favorably and come away fans. While it does well as a single spirit, over ice or neat, it also pairs with a whole laundry list of others. There are…
Harvey & Hillary
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Have you ever picked up a bit of seemingly useless trivia and wondered when it was ever going to be useful? Believe it or not, sometimes it actually does. Case in point: many, many years ago (could be a decade…
Gin!
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Growing up, the only gin I was interested in was the card game of the same name, which Mom and I would play in the evenings on a regular basis. When I reached the legal drinking age, it was one…
Fruit[y] Cocktails
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I’m not a girl who likes her liquor straight. On the contrary, I prefer mine well-mixered and my favorite class of mixer is fruit juice. Frou-frou umbrellas are not necessary and the blender can usually stay in the cabinet, but…
The Daiquiri
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Why is the rum always gone?!?! I did have that thought tonight as I realized I was almost out of white rum. But I’m getting a bit ahead of myself… The little town I grew up in (Ponchatoula) may now…
Coffee Liqueur
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Mmmmm, coffee goodness condensed into a rich liqueur, what could be better? I’m a devotee of the coffee drinks (lattes and the like) but not so much an actual coffee drinker, so Kahlua and others of it’s ilk are right…