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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s a sultry day in Sri Lanka, and I’m sitting at a waterside table at Raa, a new bar on the beach at Hiriketiya, a beautiful cove on the south coast. In my hand is […]
The Penicillin cocktail is a variation on the Gold Rush cocktail. This drink is sweet, tart and spicy. Made with scotch, lemon juice and honey ginger syrup, the flavors blend to create this unique scotch-based recipe. This modern classic cocktail will be a hit at dinner parties. Related: Old Fashioned, Rusty Nail, Boulevardier, Midori Sour, […]
The grasshopper cocktail is a classic drink that tastes like an after-dinner mint with its delicious creamy combination of mint and chocolate. The drink’s vibrant green color (thanks to the crème de menthe) makes it perfect for a Christmas holiday party or St. Patrick’s Day, but it can really be enjoyed any time of year. […]
Any sports fan will tell you that two championship-winning celebratory mainstays work in conjunction: Bottles are popped, corks fly, alcohol sprays—and goggles protect everyone’s eyes from all of it. We saw the New York Liberty wear them after their big win, and this week, the Los Angeles Dodgers capped off their World Series victory with […]
TOKYO, Oct 20 (News On Japan) – A man threw a Molotov cocktail at the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and crashed his car into the fence of the Prime Minister’s residence. It has been revealed that several items, including gasoline containers and glass bottles, were seized from the suspect’s home. Atsunobu Usuda, […]
Ireland has some spooktacular Halloween traditions and one of our favorites has always been the anticipation of who will get the ring in the traditional Barmbrack bread. Barmbrack is a fruit-filled bread, so-called because it is “breac” (pronounced as brack, the Irish for speckled) with dried fruit and candied peel and it’s a delicious treat […]
The Gin Fizz is a delicious cocktail that’s a must try for any gin lover. With its sweet and sour notes, gin-forward taste, sparkling fizz, and foamy top, this drink has it all. Notes of lemon blend with the botanicals of the gin and the added egg white (although optional) gives the drink a creamy […]
Recently I started reaching for my bottle of Vermouth Blanc more and more. I had opened it to make an El Presidente cocktail, but during an interview on my IG Live channel with Pierre-Olivier Rousseaux, owner of Dolin distillery in France, he remarked that their Chambéryzette apéritif, made in the French alps, could be made […]
The other day I was thinking of cocktails that were fall and winter-friendly. Calvados (apple brandy) of course is always in season, but I also had a bottle of spiced pear liqueur from St. George Spirits in California on hand that has a lovely pear flavor mingled with a bouquet of spices, that I’ve been […]