Food Schmooze® cocktail contributor extraordinaire Anthony DeSerio created this signature cocktail using Tempus Fugit creme de cacao, the best creme de cacao on the planet. He also taught us an old bartender’s trick to ensure that the sparkling wine doesn’t spill over the champagne glass when you assemble the cocktail at home (use his trick with any champagne cocktail).
Cocktails
Easy Cocktail: Lemon Meringue Pie Sour
It’s all in the shakin’, baby.
Easy Cocktail: Bloody Maria (Mexican Bloody Mary)
Anthony DeSerio’s Bloody Maria is refreshing and citrusy. He does make one request, Food Schmooze® fans: Whatever you do, please use fresh Bloody Mary mix. Read: homemade, if you can. But, no worries. It’s easy to do. And, oh, so much better than salty store mixes. We paired the cocktail with grilled cheese and it was, […]
World’s Best Raspberry & Prosecco Kir Royale
Our top brunch cocktail this week from Anthony DeSerio features a Prosecco that dazzles thanks to the addition of a little of the world’s best raspberry liqueur, made by St. George Spirits in California and now available in New England and New York liquor stores. Whether you add St. George’s raspberry liqueur to Prosecco, club soda, […]
The Autobahn
Anthony uses Connecticut’s own “No Limits” unfiltered wheat beer from Two Roads Brewing Company for this beer cocktail, which Faith describes as “spike-y.” It’s named after the Autobahn, a famous German highway where no speed limits are observed.
Ciao Bella
We learned a ton from Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist, when she was a guest on The Food Schmooze®. Listen to the show now to discover the origins of some of your favorite spirits. Negroni fans will love the variation called the Ciao Bella (courtesy of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, a division […]
