Category Archives: The Wednesday Tipple
The Wednesday Tipple – Hot Toddies for a cold Bonfire Night
It’s nearly Bonfire Night, the perfect time to get stuck into drinks that are as warming for the inside as they are on the outside and write the name of secret crushes in a trail of light from a sparkler. … Continue reading
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Tagged apple cider, bonfire, clove, cocktail, food, frangelico, guy fawkes, hot chocolate, hot toddie, hot toddy, orange, port, recipe, sausage, steaming bishop, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple – devils on horseback, some in a suitcase, and frozen cantaloupe martinis
“Can I take a look in your purse?†asked the security man outside Ricky’s. I’d been on a quest for glow in the dark vampire teeth to send to godson Arthur (what else?), but was leaving empty handed. Nevertheless, a … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon, canteloupe, costume, devils on horseback, halloween, martini, melon, prune, recipe, Ricky's
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The Wednesday Tipple – Warm Bourbon and Milk Punch (and ginger chocolate chip cookies)
Among the many myths about this great city of New York, one of the most enduring is that of crocodiles living in the sewers. Over the summer this story was given a new lease of life when a crocodile / … Continue reading
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Tagged biscuit, bourbon, cat, chocolate, cookie, crocodile, ghost, ginger, milk, office, recipe, snack, urban myth
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The Wednesday Tipple – Chardonnay, (with truffled mushroom bruschetta) and a meditation on micro pigs
Jonathan does not believe in Micro Pigs. I saw one a few weeks ago being carried in a Louis Vuitton by a fancy Park Avenue type lady, appropriately enough, on Park Avenue. He was beaming out at the world in … Continue reading
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Tagged bruschetta, chardonnay, micro pig, mushroom, recipe, truffle, vegetarian
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The Wednesday Tipple – Cold Martinis, Hot Gossip and Union Square Café Bar Nuts
Amazing Grace met a man in the park. Park Man turned out to have a name. His name was Alex. And he took her for a drink, made her laugh, complimented her new red jacket, and said he would call … Continue reading
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Tagged gossip, Grace, lemon, martini, nuts, recipe, rosemary, Sara, Union Square Cafe, vermouth, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple – Hot Apple Martini (with cheddar cheese apple tart)
Godson Arthur turned seven this week and hosted a fantastic medieval themed party at the local scout hut attired in a sequined tabard with a shield, helmet and sword. One of his cousins came as a dragon. Jon, looking over … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, cheese, cinnamon, dragon, knight, martini, puff pastry, recipe, tart, vegetarian
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The Wednesday Tipple – Cinq et Sept – Pernod (with cheese gougères)
The French call it the cinq et sept. The lost hours of the afternoon where people sneak off for a quick aperitif and a liaison with a lover. My French actress friend Julie tells me that the tradition came about … Continue reading
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Tagged cheese, cinq et sept, gougeres, lover, pernod, recipe
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The Wednesday Tipple – Mean Margaritas (with sweet corn fritters)
In slight resistance to the New Year feeling that’s been in the air all week I’ve been regressing, clinging onto the last of the summer; turning on the chili fairy lights, cranking up the Buena Vista Social Club. It’s not … Continue reading
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Tagged chilli, cointreau, corn, eggs, lime, margarita, Pomeranian, salt, sweet corn, tequila, vegetarian
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The Wednesday Tipple – Gin Fizz (with Cucumber Sandwiches)
I first drank a gin fizz in Calcutta , where, more English than the English, the local officers club would serve them on the veranda overlooking the polo field at sunset. They were, and probably still are, served in highball … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon tea, bread, cucumber, gin, lime, sandwich, soda, tea
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The Wednesday Tipple – Shirley Temple (and popcorn)
So I bought the grenadine with the intention of making Tequila sunrises, but I got distracted by the altogether more innocent charms of a Shirley Temple. They were the treat of treats for my sister and I when we were … Continue reading
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Tagged ginger ale, grenadine, mocktail, orange juice, popcorn, rosemary, shirley temple
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