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Classic margarita with a chunk of lime wedge on the rim

Classic Margarita

It used to be that the only choice you had to make when you ordered a margarita was “blended” or “on the rocks”. Whichever answer you gave, what you got had four ingredients: lime, tequila, triple sec and ice. It always came with salt on the rim and it often came in a kitschy glass […]

Tall glass with ice and non alcoholic rhubarb cooler

Non Alcoholic Rhubarb Cooler

It has been an endless procession of bank holiday weekends in the UK this spring. That isn’t a complaint but more an opportunity to really refine the kinds of drinks you’re enjoying when you’d normally be at work. Since it’s rhubarb season I wanted to come up with something that could be used as a […]

Glass with honey colored Gold Rush Cocktail with blue tiled background

Gold Rush Cocktail

I think one of the greatest things about being in a kitchen is finding something you had forgotten in the back of a cupboard and then figuring out what to do with it. Even if you don’t end up with something you love, you have the novelty of getting out of whatever rut you’ve been […]

Aviation cocktail in martini glass with violet garnish

Aviation Cocktail

I have absolutely nothing to back this up but I’m going to peg the naissance of cocktail culture in the United States to the first season of Sex and the City. Up until that point we were all drinking overpriced craft beers, trying to out-IPA each other with our knowledge of brewing techniques and ingredients. […]

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