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During my estate sale pursuits, I found the most delightful book called “Southern Cooking” from the 1940s. It was a well-loved recipe book with little recipe clippings and notes scribbled in the corners by the previous owner. I flipped through to cocktails and stumbled upon what was called a “hot buttered bourbon”. Reading the recipe
When it comes to punch, I typically stick to sangrias and gin punches, but when my friends at Old Dominick asked me to try their Bourbon I decided it was finally time to lean into this southern staple. For the Holidays, it’s all about easy entertaining and drinks that fit a variety of tastebuds, so
This post is sponsored by Milo’s Tea Company. Thanks for supporting the companies that continue to help us bring you top notch content! It’s the most humid time of year. The time when the weather is screaming for you to grab a cool glass of iced tea. Here in the south, that means you’re probably
This is summer. A frozen cocktail that doesn’t taste like a cocktail in a short glass, with a paper straw and 85°F weather looming on the horizon. It’s just begging you to kick your shoes off and sit with it all afternoon long. Or at least for the next hour because that’s how long it will
Let this be known at the garden cocktail trials! Last week it was the Strawbarb Margarita (featuring mint plucked right from my patio plant) and this week features a thyme and blackberry filled fizzy lemonade gin cocktail which, thanks to @beatriceuber gets the name “The FizzleBerry”! I asked you all on Instagram what I should
You may be wondering, what a strawbarb is. It is the fruit of the season: that mid Spring moment when the last of the winter roots are shriveling to make room for big fat berries at the grocery store. Sadly, a strawbarb is not a real fruit (although with the amazing things they’re doing in
If you’ve wondered if the magic of CBD is worth it, this cocktail recipe could just sway you to try it. Please source CBD oil from a reputable place like a doctors office or a high quality smoke shop. Be warned that CBD is not a magic drug that can cure all ailments and be
Hello Fall in the South! You are hot as ever and it’s time to face the music that we must drink for the weather we have, not for the weather we want. But, then again- what if I told you you could have both? This little corner of the world that we publish on is
A wise woman once told me to have a lot of cocktails (and wine) on hand for when you’re renovating a house. We are 2 weeks into our home remodel and while we’re on schedule, the amount of undesirable things that have come out of taking off 100-year-old wallpaper is shocking. Needless to say, I’ve
One of my favorite ways to enhance a classic margarita is by adding a bit of fruit juice. If I’m not sipping on the perfect pitcher margarita, I’m probably adding some grapefruit simple syrup or pineapple simple syrup to the mix. Enter these simple syrup fruit juices I whipped up to enhance your Cinco de
