Hawaiian Julep

This one has been a while coming.  I wish I had a good excuse for why I’ve been away for so long, but to be perfectly honest, I just haven’t been feeling motivated for much lately.  

Pear Ginger Sparkle And Spice

It’s my birthday!  I don’t care how old I am, I still love it.  Usually I try and stretch it out as long as I can.  Birthday weekend.  Birthday week! 

Watermelon Julep

Is it a little late to be posting watermelon cocktails?  No way.  I am not bound by calendar rules!  It’s summer somewhere right?  This is for my friends in Australia and New Zealand!  

Brown Butter, Bourbon, And Butterscotch Banana Bread

I was honestly not going for the alliteration when I composed this recipe.  The truth is I was sitting on some very ripe bananas (not literally), leftover browned butter, and a mountain of butterscotch chips.  I googled brown butter banana bread and this recipe came up.  So I replaced the coconut with the butterscotch chips. 

Cherry Bourbon Manhattan

Sometimes some things are meant to be, like this cherry bourbon manhattan.

  

Vanilla Bourbon Cherries

Can I get Manhattan please?  I’ll have one made with bourbon.  And can I get an extra cherry in there?  Thanks. 

Making fancy cocktails at home is totally possible.  There are a couple of things that will take your drinks at home over the top.  Keep your glasses chilled, and make some liquor soaked cherries.
 

New York Sour

Alex’s birthday is coming up and it makes me think about how old we are getting.  We are very close to our late twenties.  To some that will be laughable: so young!  To others, it may seem ancient.  To me it means many things depending on the situation. 

Birch Beer and Bourbon

Most of the time I go to the grocery store with a list.  I am fast and efficient.  In and out.  This isn’t because I hate grocery shopping.  This is so that I don’t buy everything I see, especially when I’m hungry.  It’s like my stomach thinks I will never feed it and insists to my brain that we stock up.