Garden Cocktails: Peach Bellini It isn’t surprising news—peaches are in season until September. In the last throes of the summer, we’ll be looking back on these lush days and lush stone fruits a little wistfully. Peaches for every meal would be perfect…breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and cocktails. The trees grow best in full sun in…
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Garden Cocktails: Winter Collins
Garden Cocktails: Winter Collins Persimmons always remind me of little, even more colorful pumpkins. Sometimes, after all of the leaves have dropped from the persimmon trees in Autumn, they look like ornaments hung on a tree. If they didn’t get mushy, I might want to make Jack-o’-Lanterns out of them, or candle holders. This is…
Garden Cocktails: Daisy’s Tequila Cobbler
GARDEN COCKTAILS: DAISY’S TEQUILA COBBLER 2 oz Silver Tequila .75 oz simple syrup 1 strawberry sliced 6-8 blueberries or blackberries Club soda Instructions: Put the strawberry and simple syrup in a double old fashioned glass and muddle lightly Add tequila Fill glass half way with crushed ice and lightly churn Add layer of blue or…
Garden Cocktails: Daisy’s Mai Tai
I recently read that the official cocktail of the state of California is the Mai Tai, though who decided this, I do not know, but apparently it was invented in California at either Trader Vic’s or Don the Beachcomber. We would like to present, in our newsletter dedicated to California… DAISY’S MAITA’I Makes one cocktail…
Garden Cocktails: Rose in the Hand
And to continue in our floral spirit after enjoying the Nasturtium and Arugula salad, here’s a cocktail with spirit and a dash of rose water. ROSE IN THE HAND 1 1/2 oz Junipero gin Dash of rose water 3 oz Fever-Tree tonic water Ice Lemon wedge Mint sprig Straw Add gin and rose water to…
Garden Cocktails: Meyer Lemon Sidecar
After enjoying Suzi’s recipe for Pasta Meyer Lemon, use any leftover citrus juice to make this delicious cocktail. Garden Cocktails: Meyer Lemon Sidecar 2 oz rye whiskey 1 oz triple sec ½ oz Meyer lemon juice ¼” wide strip Meyer lemon peel Ice for shaking Fill shaker with ice. Combine rye, triple sec and lemon…
