Ada Coleman is one of my heroes – the first famous female bartender in the world (until someone identifies a predecessor – because as we all know cocktail history can change with the turn (up) of an old photo).At the moment …
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Pineapple Julep
Derby Day is largely ignored in Denmark.We do have a race course but the interest in horse racing is not very big, so I can’t tell you when it’s Derby Day in Klampenborg.I can however tell you when …
Bananarac – books and bananas
I am looking at my cocktail book library with new eyes – and ears. That might lead to a new post on cocktail books – my old one still gets a surprising amount of traffic.For mind numbingly boring garden/house maintenance …
Aurora
Yes it is Cinco de Mayo – a day to remember a Mexican victory over a far larger French army in 1862.A day commemorated by lots of Mexican food and drink – judging from food and drinks blogs in my newsfeed. However …
Tøppe aka the ESC
Tomorrow Denmark hosts the Eurovision Song Contest. One of those cultural events that makes the rest of the world feel as much out of the loop as Superbowl does most Europeans.Basically it’s just a huge music show where viewers …
Lavender Negroni
Having followed Manhatten Cocktail Classic through blogs, mail and updates from a friend who participated I found myself attracted to the concept of a Lavender Negroni.It certainly looks pretty and I find the idea of the very umami taste …
Nordic Daiquiri
Last night I visited one of the most interesting new bars in Copenhagen at the moment: 1656.It is the kid brother of 1105 in the city center and the two share a love of working with seasonal ingredients.Three of us …
Idiosyncratic Certitudes And a McKittrick Old Fashioned
Until this morning I never knew there was a term as delicious as idiosyncratic certitudes (there is nothing like it in Danish). But then I started reading Robert Simonson’s book The Old-Fashioned and came across the term when the …
Rhubarb Negroni – Negroni Week 2014
Discussing Negroni Week with a coworker yesterday quickly saw us googling and stumbling across a rhubarb Negroni. Since I love all things rhubarb and especially the bright red stalks I can pull out of my own garden the name alone …
Buttermilk Margarita – and a cheeseball
Frankly I thought I had mixed my last cocktail with fresh milk back in April, when the Snow Ball seperated in front of my eyes and left me with a glass of violet colored minty curds. But then last night …
Red Lady
I don’t much like woodlands much – I live on the edge og a couple but always choose the open area with a horizon and a low landscape of heather between them.It may be a childhood trauma – I was lost …
Flutterby Lassi
Recently a journalist asked me to explain, what makes a cocktail a classic.The best comparison I could come up with was literature. A book becomes a classic when it newer leave the curriculum of everyday readers – when it stands …
Green Tea Martini
Sometimes the internet will take you places you didn’t know you wanted to go to. Like to a page where a Green Tea Martini is mentioned, and then that idea gets stuck in your brain and won’t leave.That is …