Cocktails ‘N Stilettos — Bourbon Cider Twist

August 23, 2011 By 3 Comments
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A few weeks ago, I went to the Atlantic City Wine & Food Fes­ti­val for Sunny Anderson’s Sun­set Slid­ers event. It was a gor­geous evening pool­side on the rooftop deck of Cae­sars with a per­fect shore breeze and var­i­ous nib­bles and cock­tails to try. I had a blast catch­ing up with One Curly Fry’s Jen, Megan from This Girl Can Eat and, of course, Ms. Sunny and was intrigued with this Bour­bon Cider Twist cock­tail which was one of the fea­tured cock­tails.  Now – let me state for the record that I don’t drink bour­bon often. I cook with it more than sip it. I’m more of a rum gal, but man did this cock­tail make a con­vert out of me.

This week, Sunny show­cased the cock­tail on a recent ep of Cook­ing for Real and I had to try it. It’s no big secret that things at home with the munchkin have been quite “inter­est­ing” to say the least and I’ve been feel­ing more like a vet tech than I should. How­ever, after com­ing home last night to one of Wiggy’s famous “tem­per tantrums” where he decided that a pair of slip­pers should meet their demise, I knew a cock­tail was in order.

I grabbed the Mak­ers’ Mark, some cider and some lime and *poof* this worked out won­der­fully. I have to con­fess, I added more cider than required because I clearly haven’t built up my bour­bon tol­er­ance. This is a PERFECT fall cock­tail and will be one that I use for enter­tain­ing as well.  The pug, of course, hears “APPLES” and then decided that it was time to be BFFs yet again (not that he can have them, but he still tries).

Bour­bon Cider Twist
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Recipe type: Cock­tail
Author: Adapted from Sunny Ander­son
Serves: 4–6
Ingre­di­ents
  • 4 cups apple cider
  • 1 cup bourbon
  • 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
  • Lime wedges, for garnish
  • Optional: Ice for serving
Direc­tions
  1. Add the apple cider, bour­bon, and the lime juice to a pitcher and stir.
  2. You could pour over ice if you like (I, how­ever, pre­ferred no ice).
  3. Serve with a lime wedge and enjoy!
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Wiggy shows his ‘tude by keep­ing his back to me

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Fine then – gather the ingredients

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Time to add the Bourbon

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Ahhhh – the final product!

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Did some­one say Bourbon?

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Add A Dash of Hollywood Glamour With An Oscar Themed Cocktail

February 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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There’s some­thing mag­i­cal about the Oscars (and no, not a what the heck will James Franco do now type of amaze­ment).  Sadly, the Food Net­work South Beach Wine & Food Fes­ti­val often con­flicts with the Oscars and I won’t be able to par­take in an Oscar par­ties that are around Philly.  How­ever, should you be look­ing for a lit­tle cock­tail inspi­ra­tion for your soiree tonight, check out these dreamy liba­tions cour­tesy of the fab gals over at Nike Communications.

Natalie Port­man gave a stir­ring per­for­mance in this year’s psy­cho­log­i­cal thriller, The Black Swan.  Mimic her  her trans­for­ma­tion from the White Swan to the Dark Swan in a cocktail. 

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The White Lady

  • 1 oz. Cointreau
  • 2 oz. Gin
  • 3/4 oz. Lemon juice

Shake and strain into a chilled mar­tini glass.

 

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Black Ice

  • 3 oz. Coin­treau Noir
  • Ice cubes

Pour over ice and enjoy

If you adore Face­book and loved the movie The Social Net­work, well then you MUST try the All-Nighter cre­ated by Boston mixol­o­gist, Scott Mar­shall of Drink.  Scott – you had me at the mere men­tion of coffee!

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The All-Nighter

  • 2 ½ oz. Rye Whiskey
  • ½ oz. Bene­dic­tine Liqueur
  • Mud­dled fresh cof­fee beans

Build in a cock­tail shaker. Add ice and stir. Dou­ble strain into a chilled cock­tail glass. Gar­nish with a lemon twist.

The one movie I MUST see this year is The Fighter.  Mark Wahlberg has tran­si­tioned nicely from hip hop artist to con­sum­mate actor.  I know what­ever movie he is in will be a good one (well, besides Planet of the Apes but we won’t dis­cuss that!).  Check out this cock­tail inspired by Mark & Chris­t­ian Bale’s stir­ring performances

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Blood & Sand

  • 2 oz Dewar’s 12 Blended Scotch Whiskey
  • 1 oz cherry liqueur
  • 1 oz red (sweet) vermouth
  • 1 oz fresh squeezed orange juice

Pour all ingre­di­ents into a cock­tail shaker filled with ice. Shake vig­or­ously and strain into a chilled glass. Gar­nish with a lemon twist.

Finally, in what has been lauded as one of the best movies of 2011, The Kings Speech, check out this amaz­ing libation.

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Bom­bay Sap­phire Royal Tea

  • 2 oz. BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Gin
  • 1 oz. Earl Grey Tea Infused Sim­ple Syrup
  • 1 oz. Fresh lemon
  • 1 oz. Egg white
  • ¾ oz. Fresh lemon juice
  • ½ Rock candy
  • 2 Dashes orange bitters
  • Topped with a Bit­ter Orange Espuma*

Com­bine gin, tea infused sim­ple syrup and lemon juice in a shaker over ice, shake vig­or­ously. Dou­ble strain into a tea cup. Beat espuma mix until thick and foamy, spoon into tea cup, on top of Sap­phire mix­ture. Put a pinch of tea leaves in cen­ter, gar­nish with a stick of orange bit­ters rock candy on the side of the tea saucer.

[Pho­tos and Recipes Cour­tesy of Nike Communications]

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Fab Friday — Cooking In Stilettos Holiday Edition

December 3, 2010 By 3 Comments

Can you believe the hol­i­days are upon us? I don’t even know where this year went and already it’s the first week of Decem­ber!  As hol­i­day enter­tain­ing is the focus, I decided to fea­ture some fab­u­lous prod­ucts that will make your hol­i­day enter­tain­ing have that *Wow* factor…

1.  EVERY host­ess needs a fab­u­lous pair of booties and you must check out these Eliz­a­beth and James Metal-Overlay Suede Ankle Boots. They have that 80s retro mesh but with such a mod­ern look, they just scream edgy chic!

2.  When I saw this Dual-Spigot Bev­er­age Server with Metal Base from Colin Cowie that just launched for the hol­i­day sea­son, you would have thought I found a new pair of Loubous.  Talk about love at first sight.  I have gifted his bev­er­age servers to friends and swear by them myself. To have one that serves TWO cock­tails instead of one – now that is a MUST HAVE!

3.  Hol­i­day par­ties means break­ing out plat­ters and serv­ing dishes. I’ve amassed quite a col­lec­tion over the years but always love to find ones that have that za za zu fac­tor. For a touch of whimsy, check out Williams-Sonoma’s Party Eti­quette Plat­ter – so fes­tive & cute with the retro look!

4.   One valu­able les­son that I learned from Colin is that one MUST have votives every­where while enter­tain­ing. Every­one looks amaz­ing in can­dle­light, no? Well, rather than break the bank, check out this Jeweled-Glass Votive Can­dle Holder from Sur La Table. The col­ors for their hol­i­day table col­lec­tion will give your party that glam­orous touch.

5.  Finally, one hol­i­day enter­tain­ing cook­book that must be in your col­lec­tion is Williams-Sonoma Hol­i­day Enter­tain­ing. Two words – Pep­per­mint Mojito? Thought that would gar­ner your attention.

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VIDEO: Daisy Martinez Kicks Off The Holidays With A Fab Cocktail

November 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Ear­lier this week, both Jen from One Curly Fry and I attended Philadelphia’s Inau­gural “Fes­ti­val of Trees” at XIX and the one and only Daisy Mar­tinez was in atten­dance to auc­tion fab­u­lously dec­o­rated hol­i­day trees to ben­e­fit the Philadel­phia Orches­tra. I have to say, these trees were so gor­geous, even my fave designer, Colin Cowie, would have been pleased. Talk about get­ting one into the hol­i­day spirit. I will post more on the event after the hol­i­day but I wanted to leave you with a lit­tle hol­i­day “cock­tail” cour­tesy of La Daisy from her lat­est book, Daisy’s Hol­i­day Cook­ing: Deli­cious Latin Recipes for Effort­less Enter­tain­ing VIDEO: Daisy Martinez Kicks Off The Holidays With A Fab Cocktail.   After all, every great hol­i­day starts off with a fab­u­lous cock­tail, right?

Enjoy and Happy Thanks­giv­ing everyone!

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Cinco De Mayo, Skinnygirl Style…

May 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Yes, I admit it – my name is Lys and I watch Bravo’s Real House­wives.  What can I say – it’s a guilty plea­sure for many.  I, per­son­ally, enjoyed the NY sea­son and I am look­ing for­ward to all points Jer­sey (but hello – why not Real House­wives of Philadel­phia – Bravo, take note! We’ve got Main Line, Man­ayunk, Rit­ten­house, etc.) How­ever, I digress.

One of the char­ac­ters that was enjoy­able this sea­son was Bethenny Frankel, the nat­ural foods chef and owner of Bethen­ny­Bakes and Skin­ny­girl Cock­tails. We’ll have a review of her book Nat­u­rally Thinin the next week or so (with give­away so stay tuned) but, since it IS Cinco de Mayo, one needs a mar­garita to cel­e­brate prop­erly, no?

I, for one, will be try­ing the Skin­ny­girl Mar­garita. No more pre-blended mixes for me. This one looks super sim­ple and, quite frankly, to have a mar­garita that is not pack­ing on a wal­lop­ing 740 calo­ries a serv­ing, is even bet­ter in my book.

Check out the recipe below for the stan­dard Skin­ny­girl Mar­garita as she is often drink­ing on the show…

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Skin­ny­girl Mar­garita, On The Rocks

Recipe cour­tesy of Bethenny Frankel and SkinnyGirlCocktails.com

 Ingre­di­ents:

  • 2 oz of Clear Pre­mium Tequila (count 1, 2 while you pour, no need for measuring)
  • Tiny splash of Orange Liquor
  • Juice of four Fresh Lime Wedges

Com­bine all ingre­di­ents over a glass of ice and gar­nish with a lime wedge

Makes one serving

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Gift Idea: Penguin Sparkling Water Maker…

March 25, 2009 By 3 Comments
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ws penguinsparklingwatermaker 150x150 Gift Idea: Penguin Sparkling Water Maker...While doing a lit­tle retail R&R this week­end, you know this gal HAD to go to Williams Sonoma, right?  First of all, if you have the chance to go on a week­end, go.  The smells in there were amaz­ing!  They did some demos on Sun­day and were show­ing their Meyer Lemon Quick Bread but I digress.

 

They had on dis­play the Pen­guin Sparkling Water Maker which is essen­tially a water car­bon­a­tor.  I have to say, I’m a fan of the occa­sional bub­bly water and soda.  Not to mention, sparkling water is a must when I have cock­tail par­ties.  So, would I use this – prob­a­bly more than I care to admit.  I’ve been quite para­noid lately with all that I’ve read online re: soda, addi­tives, etc. and to think that I could pos­si­bly make my own cit­rus liba­tion and know exactly what goes in it – SOLD. 

 

From the Williams Sonoma web­site:   

Adding effer­ves­cence to hol­i­day fes­tiv­i­ties, this eco-friendly soda charger quickly trans­forms ordi­nary tap water into fresh sparkling water. Enjoy it on its own or as the base for cock­tails or home­made sodas. It’s fun and easy to use: Sim­ply fill the reusable glass carafe with water, insert it into the Pen­guin and press the car­bon­at­ing “beak.” You can cus­tomize car­bon­a­tion so each batch has just the right amount of fizz. Freshly charged seltzer water is a green alter­na­tive to its store-bought coun­ter­parts. Con­serv­ing energy and resources, it elim­i­nates the need for plas­tic bot­tles – along with the envi­ron­men­tal impacts asso­ci­ated with ship­ping and shop­ping for bot­tled water – and no bat­ter­ies or elec­tric­ity are required. 

While the price is a bit steep *cough cough*  I wouldn’t be adverse to it if it saves money and energy in the long run.  Pay­ing it for­ward, one glass at a time.

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My Favorite Cocktail: The Cable Car Martini…

June 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment

cablecar My Favorite Cocktail: The Cable Car Martini...In Las Vegas, when I went there with Meowmix a cou­ple years ago, I fell in love – truly, madly and deeply – with a cock­tail: The Cable Car Mar­tini.

We stayed at the MGM and that is where Cable Car and I began our tor­rid affair. Now, as many know, I am also a Cap­tain Mor­gan afi­cionado. So if you give me a mar­tini where the pri­mary ingre­di­ent is Cap­tain Mor­gan, I’m a VERY happy gal.
So, if you are a lover of all things rum and out of the box, why not give it a try…
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Ingre­di­ents:

1½ ounce (or 2 oz.) Cap­tain Mor­gan Spiced Rum
¾ ounce Orange Cura­cao (or 1 oz. Cointreau)
½ ounce Fresh Sweet and Sour or Fresh Lemon juice.

For the Rim:
Cin­na­mon
Sugar
Orange Peel for garnish

In an ice filled mix­ing glass, add the above ingre­di­ents, shake until well blended.

Strain into a Mar­tini glass that has a “caramelized rim” of raw sugar and cinnamon.

Serve with a gar­nish of an orange spiral.

*To rim the glass, moisten the edge of the glass with a lemon wedge, dip the glass into the mix­ture of cin­na­mon sugar and let dry for 3–5 min while you mix the cocktail.

Also – you might have to add a bit more Cap­tain Mor­gan to taste.
This con­tent is pub­lished at Cook­ing in Stilet­tos. Thank you!
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