If you’ve spent a lot of $ on a special Valentine’s gift for your sweetheart, there may not be a lot of dollars left in your pocket to splurge on a fabulous bottle of bubbly. Don’t worry! There are lots of lovely rosé sparkling wines to celebrate your love with that special someone for $30…
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Winter Citrus Spice Cocktail Recipes
When the weather outside is frosty, I love a cocktail with warm spicy flavors…cinnamon, cardamon, star anise and cloves paired with bourbon, vodka, orange liqueur and pears. I always keep a mason jar with Winter Spice Simple Syrup in my refrigerator so I can make a cocktail to warm me down to my toes on…
‘ Tis The Season for Citrus Cocktails Featuring Clément Créole Shrubb Liqueur d’Orange
Shrubb is well known in the beautiful island of Martinique in the Caribbean. Shrubb from Martinique — with two B’s —is not to be confused with the infused, vinegar-based shrubs that many bartenders use in modern cocktails. Martinique’s Shrubb is an orange liqueur more closely related to Cointreau or Grand Marnier. Large spiral zests of…
Celebrating The Holidays With A Bubbly Brunch Featuring Moinetto Prosecco!
Every month our “Bubbles Club” meets at Margaret’s house to enjoy lunch and celebrate our friendship with a little bubbly. Mionetto graciously sent prosecco samples to me and I couldn’t wait to share this special sparkly treat with the Bubbles Girls. Our mascot is Margaret’s dog “Phillip” and he enjoyed curling up with a mini…
Retro Holiday Recipes ~ Cheddar Olive Poppers and Toasted Cheese Dreams
This recipe was originally published in the Roanoker Magazine “Behind the Page” blog. Please visit theroanoker.com for more yummy recipes and bubbly! Remember cheddar olive poppers from the 1950s? Pimiento stuffed olives wrapped in flakey cheddar pastry with a little cayenne pepper sprinkled with cute little sesame seeds? Just the right size to pop in…
12 Cocktails To Celebrate The 12 Days Of Christmas
The 12 days of Christmas begin on Christmas Day and last until the evening of the 5th January – also known as Twelfth Night. Celebrate this special holiday time with these festive flavorful cocktails. Colleen Jeffers is a craft cocktail writer and photographer based in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Her book “Bubbly” includes lots of festive cocktails made with…
Chesapeake Bay Spicy Guacamole
Thursday, November 14, 2019 is National Spicy Guacamole Day! Celebrate with my spicy Chesapeake Bay Guacamole…Clark and Hopkins Chesapeake Bay Pepper Sauce + Gunther’s Salsa Fresca (both made in Richmond, Virginia #supportlocal) – give my guacamole a spicy citrusy kick! Chesapeake Bay Guacamole 4 ripe avocados, pitted and peeled 1 shallot, chopped finely 1 TB…
Bordeaux Tasting ~ Domaines Barons de Rothschild
In preparation for holiday celebrations, we shared a very special evening with friends who had just returned from a trip to France. With so many holiday parties to attend and gifts to buy, we will all be on the search for wonderful pairing wines to toast the happy holiday occasions. It was in this spirit…
Spiced Apple Maple Ginger Cocktail
Just in time for Thanksgiving, Spiced Apple Maple Ginger Cocktails! Makes 1 cocktail. 1/2 cup hard apple cider (I used Bold Rock) 1 tablespoon maple syrup 1 1/2 ounce bourbon 6 drops Dashfire Apple Spiced bitters (or more to taste) 1/4 cored Honey Crisp apple, sliced thin 2 splashes ginger beer Place hard apple cider…
Shrimp 3 Ways ~ Flash Wok, Pepper Sauced and Firecracker
Shrimp are so easy and delightfully yummy but unless you live on the coast it can difficult to find fresh tasting shrimp. That was my delemia living in Southwest Virginia, but now I’ve found the solution. Kroger Private Selection Argentinean Raw, Peeled and Deveined, X-large Red Frozen Shrimp. The package say they taste like buttery…
