You. Guys. What. A. Week. I started a new, office-based job. In the middle of a freaking heatwave. I discovered anew how much I hate commuting in London, especially in the middle of a freaking heatwave. As is the law of the universe, Sam got a terrible cold (no, really) coughing his way through the…
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Cocktail Friday: Watermelon Hibiscus Margarita
My favourite thing to eat as a child was watermelon. I was plum crazy for the stuff but it had to meet certain conditions. It had to be ice-cold. It had to be sliced into half moons. It had to be eaten so the juice would drip over everything and therefore it had to be…
Cocktail Friday: Strawberry Moscow Mule
This refreshing and simple Moscow Mule cocktail is taken to the next level with the addition of muddled strawberries. You will also love my Strawberry Gin Sour Meet my new cocktail crush: the Strawberry Moscow Mule. It is the perfect easy cocktail involving something most people have in their drinks cabinet – vodka. In its classic incarnation a Moscow Mule has…
Cocktail Friday: Pink Mojito
This pretty pink Mojito is the perfect cocktail for Spring! You will love this slightly sweeter version of the classic Mojito cocktail. You will also love my Cherry Julep I always associate certain cocktails with particular events, holidays or celebrations. Espresso martinis will forever be linked with my 30th birthday. I drank a few of…
Ritz Old Fashioned Cocktail
The Ritz Old Fashioned The long-awaited (awaited by me, if no-one else) return of Cocktail Friday on the blog and this one is an update on an absolute classic: the Old-Fashioned. This particular Old-Fashioned is not really classic and purists would most probably throw their coasters at me or pelt me with ice… But it is…
Lychee French 75 Cocktail
If you love gin and Prosecco (or Champagne) then this Lychee French 75 Cocktail is for you. Pretty, sparkling and refreshing but also a bit dangerous, as the name would suggest! Macaulay Connor: I bring you greetings and Cinderella’s slipper, Champagne. Champagne is a great leveleler… leveleler…. – The Philadelphia Story I am not a…
Cocktail Friday: Skinny gin and tonic
This ‘skinny’ gin and tonic with cucumber and rosewater comes in at 55 calories and 4 Syns and contains cucumber and rosewater for a refreshing low calorie cocktail. So we are now a full week (plus change) into the new year and and I think my body has finally started to come to terms with…
Festive cocktails: The Red Queen
The Red Queen cocktail: beautiful, capricious and a little dangerous… this festive gin-based cocktail was named after the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland. Gin lovers must also try Blueberry Gin Sour “In the grand and disorderly pursuit of life, perfection is ill-advised except in the case of cocktails” Lord Penfield 1867 So proclaims the ‘unassuming little…
Festive cocktails: the Good Fortune
A fresh festive cocktail full of good fortune for the New Year ahead! It has been such a long time since I blogged a cocktail recipe! What is WRONG with me? I will tell you what. Someone (who shall remain nameless but let’s just say we have been married for a long time) put a…
Cocktail Friday: Agave julep
We are a week into our major kitchen renovation. The old kitchen is GONE. It’s rubble, it’s dust, it’s history and good riddance! I have waited 10 years for a new kitchen, I scrimped and saved, I never turned down any freelance work, worked evenings and weekends, and now it is finally happening. We have…
Cocktail Friday: La Tomatina
This Cocktail Friday we are taking a (virtual) trip to sunny Spain to sample La Tomatina – the sassy Spanish cousin of the Bloody Mary. La Tomatina was created by mixologist Charlie McCarthy, Creative Director of drinks consultancy All About the Cocktail – (I would love to work at a drinks consultancy). He has created a slew…
Cocktail Friday: White Wine Sangria
Turns out I was absolutely spot on when I said earlier I would jinx the weather. I mean it was hot and sunny a few hours ago and now it’s ‘gather two of every animal and build an ark’ time. All the windows in my house were open due to the heatwave and now at…