Cocktails

La Barrique – A Great Happy Hour Spot in Midtown

June 26, 2012
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What an unexpected treat La Barrique turned out to be! I was meeting a friend after work one night and wanted to find a place between our offices. I had passed the sign for La Barrique a number of times when on the block for some spicy szechuan for lunch. It looked inviting – and […]

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Millesime – $1 Oysters at Happy Hour

March 18, 2012
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Why not, indeed!  Not much makes me happier or more excited than $1 oysters.  So when I saw this sign outside of Millesime – the bar and restaurant inside the Carlton Hotel  – I knew my next Happy Hour (read: the very next day) would be filled with those $1 Oysters.

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And Even Better To Be Green and Frosty

August 18, 2011
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When you take the candied limes and turn them into  Frozen Candied-Lime Margaritas! We enjoyed these too much – and drank them too quickly to get a photo – but I wanted to share the recipe nonetheless.  Cause I *know* you all made those Candied Limes I talked about and are looking for things to […]

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It’s Good to Be Green

August 12, 2011
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Once I realized how much flavor the candied kumquats added to my margarita…I thought, I should start candy-ing all manner of citrus fruits to up-the-fruity-flavor in more of my cocktails….and so turned to limes first.  Probably because I was thinking “frozen margaritas’ at the time and lime is my favorite. Doing a bit of research, […]

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How To Beat The 115 Degree Heat in NYC

July 26, 2011
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Frozen Candied Kumquat Margaritas Yum, yum, yum!

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