NB: This is an old post. A bunch of people on Instagram, including @booksandcoffeestains and @bibliobimbo, are reading the first … More
Tag: gin
Casablanca 75 (at least that’s the working title).
This will be a cocktail recipe with a lot of caveats and suggestions. It is more a sketch of a … More
The power of a sour
I’ve been working my way through my bar cart, trying to use up odd liqueurs and spirits gathered during my … More
Florals for spring..
As winter has had us in a tight grip(and I’ll continue moaning until the lilacs blossom OK?) I’m still in … More
Proustian-cocktail
When I first created this I called it “A la recherche-cocktail” but “Proustian” seemed simpler somehow. Although it isn’t Proust … More
Gin&Sin&the Satanic Verses
Rosa Diamond at eighty-nine in a long silver sheath dress with a cigarette holder in one gloved hand and a … More
Because you know vermouth
I’ve had a tear sheet in one of my notebooks for along time, a recipe for making my own sweet … More
The age of wonder, and the wonder of cocktails
NB: This post is a translated (and somewhat edited) version of something from when I used to have a cocktailblog … More
The persian slip-on
…A medical man who keeps his cigars in the coal-scuttle, his tobacco in the toe end of a Persian slipper … More
Gardener’s nightcap
There is an hour just before dark, when the garden resents interference. Its work,no less then the gardener’s , is … More