From Faith: While I was fast at work trying to create a frozen Dark & Stormy, our frequent cocktail contributor Anthony DeSerio was mixing, shaking and tasting to create his own cocktail using ginger beer. (Not just any ginger beer, but our very favorite, made by Fever Tree. There are no artificial colors in it so […]
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Easy Cocktail: Faith’s Frozen Dark & Stormy
Feeling whimsical, and in the mood for a cool cocktail one very hot afternoon, I began dreaming of a Dark & Stormy, a cocktail usually made with dark rum, lime and ginger beer. Why isn’t it ever served frozen, I wondered? The experiments began, one involving a Key Lime sorbet I discovered at the snappy […]
The Pain Killer
When my husband, Matt, and I are on our sailboat, we visit Nantucket, hang out with Faith at her vacation home at Orient Point, on the North Fork of Long Island, and gorgeous Shelter Island, just off the North Fork. Our tradition is to tie-up and jump in our dingy, aiming for land and cocktails […]
Quickie Melted Ice Cream Egg Nog
Last minute guests arrive on a Sunday afternoon near the holidays…what to do? Head to the freezer and take out a container of ice cream with lots of egg yolks in the recipe (Haagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry’s vanilla are examples.) Defrost it in the microwave, stir the melted ice cream into a bowl and […]
A Spiked Eggnog that Lifts the Spirits
To make the best eggnog, you need balance…a taste of booze mingles with cream and spices, but doesn’t weigh you down. Faith asked regular contributor Alex Province and spouse Matthew Bennett to give you “the family recipe,” which is truly well balanced and delicious, just what a top-rated eggnog should be. Needless to say, the […]
