For our recent party, we decided to offer Sangriatinis before dinner. Martinis are wonderful, and I love making sangria. This seems like the perfect combination. I don't like to use the cheapest burgundy for sangria, but I'm not using a high quality cab either. Back on Super Bowl Sunday, I ...

, or egg-cup. Ted Haigh, author of Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails , feels certain that "they were named cocktails because they were your morning wakeup call -- like a rooster heralding the early...

... of the hundreds of similar fruity cocktails out there, even if the bar proudly sells a mix so you can make...

Appreciating Cognac.

Filed under: Wine , Dinner , West Coast , Beef , Cheese , Recipes , Cocktails , Rum , Spirit of Summer , Newspapers , America , Spirits , in sixty seconds This week, the feature story is not on wine, but cocktails . Rather than relying on the standard, vodka, Bay Area bartenders are turning to artisan tequilas, locally brewed and Mexican beers, rum and other exotic spirits. There are recipes...

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With mixologists around town focusing on farmers' market fruits and fresh herbs, we wouldn't have guessed the hot new cocktail ingredients would be marmalade and jam. But we don't make the trends, just report on them. - Bar Drake, the new lobby bar in...

Just in time for party-season planning, this encore article reprises an October 26, 2005 report on the Italian ritual of savory bites and light drinks called aperitivo . With recipes for tuna crostini, sage risotto bites, hazelnut pesto puffs and fried olives. Order a glass of wine in Italy and ...

I love Fall in the Hudson Valley - my new neighborhood - but, with Halloween approaching, I have to admit that I will sorely miss sharing holiday cocktails with my DC/Baltimore buddies. They were always willing to accomodate my entertaining whims (which one friend referred to as "Pee-wee Herman ... friends and a holiday tailor-made for fun cocktails, here are a few of our favorite recipes from...