The Holidays are upon us, so get ready to entertain with some low octane, high taste cocktails. Take a look at this months Mixology Monday Roundup of shims. Thanks again to Dinah Sanders of Bibulo.us for hosting this month’s MxMo! Cheers!
The Mixology Monday theme for this month comes from Dinah Sanders, author of The Art of the Shim: Low-Alcohol Cocktails to Keep You Level. The concept of the “Shim”, a term coined by Dinah, is a complex and artful, yet low alcohol, drink. A few years ago, I worked…
I am, of course, referring to the Corpse Reviver (No. 2). Harry Craddock’s original, as published in 1930, called for equal parts lemon juice, gin, cointreau and Kina Lillet with absinthe.
I came across this drink on Pinterest. It is a beautiful cocktail. When you sip it, the first thing you note is the aroma of the oil from the rosemary, followed by the richness of the foam. The flavor is slightly bitter orange with the rosemary enhancing the herbal tones…
This is a wonderful time of year, and Halloween is one of the best excuses for partying ever invented! So in that spirit, we offer a couple of ideas for spooky entertainment.
This month’s Mixology Monday theme is “Perfect Symmetry.” Hosted by Southern Ash, the idea is to find a balance between two related liquors or liqueurs. His examples included sweet and dry vermouth, bourbon and rye, gin and vodka, and tequila with mezcal. I would like to offer two drinks this…
This is our version of the iconic street food. These are great with whatever fish you have on hand. We usually use tilapia or mahi mahi. The tacos can be made with flour or corn tortillas or with lettuce wraps.
This has just the right balance of sweet, tart and sour. It will be prettier with white grapefruit juice, but we usually can only get ruby reds. Just be sure to use fresh juice.
This can only be sugar free if you use WheyLow. WheyLow is the only sugar substitute I know of that will make a syrup. It is not calorie or carbohydrate free. It does have 1/10 the calories and 1/4 the carbs of sugar. WheyLow is also expensive and hard to…
This is our version of the iconic street food. These are great with whatever fish you have on hand. We usually use tilapia or mahi mahi. The tacos can be made with flour or corn tortillas or with lettuce wraps.