Food/Beverage/Recipes

Baby, you can drive this car. All night long. Golden Cadillac What to grab: 1 1/2oz Gallaino 1 oz creme de cacao 1 oz half-and-half What to do: Shake. Strain. Pour. Something this smooth doesn’t need a garnish.
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Get a swizzle stick in your hand and stir up this yummy, rummy drink - Rum Swizzle What to grab: Juice of 1/2 lime 1 teaspoon sugar 2 1/2oz light rum 2 dashes bitters What to do: Mix in glass pitcher with lots of crushed ice. Stir vigorously until the mixture foams....
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On the heels of Cinco de Mayo, this lemony cocktail will please your pucker. Lemon Cooler What to grab: 1 jigger Southern Comfort Schweppes Bitter Lemon What to do: Pour Southern Comfort over ice in a tall-ass glass. Top with Bitter Lemon. Stir. Repeat, and don’t miss a beat.
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Get your hands on some melons this weekend - Watermelon What to grab: 1oz strawberry liqueur 1oz vodka Dash triple Sec Dash lime juice 1oz orange juice What to do: Shake. Strain. Pour. Drink until your head feels like one .
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Like many, I love whiskey, so when the chance opened up last Thursday to venture through downtown Chicago and partake in Binny’s famous whiskey-tasting soiree, I hazily stumbled toward it. Now I’m not the much of a counniseurreer–as evidinced by the mangled spelling (and likewise misspelling of “evidenced”), so these reactions should not offend...
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This cocktail can easily be responsible for irresponsible acts… Super Banshee What to grab: 3/4oz banana liqueur 3/4oz white creme de cacao 1/2 oz amaretto 3/4oz half-and-half What to do: Blend with 1 cup ice — or pour over ice, shake & strain.
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Here are 5 single malts that are worth trying if for no other reason than the fact that (1) they kick-ass, and (2) Scotch is cooler than wine. Glenlivet 12-yr: Dangerously good Scotch; you won’t want to quit drinking it. 1/5 on the “chest-hair” scale, 4/5 on the “likelihood of cursing with unrestrained glee...
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You’ll be loyal to this drink The Godfather What to grab: 1 1/2oz Scotch or burbon 3/4oz amaretto What to do: Fill a rocks glass with ice cubes and add ingredients. Mix and serve without a garnish. Especially if the intended garnish is a horse head
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Whoop it up this weekend with a Hot Hootenanny! What to grab: 1 oz brandy 3/4 cup warm apple cider 1 cinnamon stick 1 scoop lemon sherbet 1 teaspoon grenadine syrup lemon slices & maraschino cherries What to do: Put warm apple cider, brandy & cinnamon stick in a 12-oz beer stein. Add lemon...
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What did Idaho? She hoed her Maryland. This cocktail goes great with a green thumb - Planter’s Punch What to grab: 1 1/2oz dark rum 2 oz orange juice 3/4 oz lemon juice 1/2 oz lime juice 1/4 teaspoon grenadine What to do: Shake. Strain. Pour. Have one more.
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