The Rise Of Southern Cocktail Culture. If you’re looking for another round of cosmopolitans or appletinis, you may find yourself alone at the bar. History is repeating itself in cocktail culture, which means uninspired concoctions and drinks made just for getting drunk are quickly being replaced by pre-Prohibition-style cocktails (farewell Long Island Iced Teas!).
It’s not just New York and San Francisco that are embracing artisan cocktail culture though. Recently, the South has been calling the shots and the rest of the country has simply followed along. Take, for example, the Mint Julep. The drink of choice at the Kentucky Derby, the Mint Julep is a distinctly Southern cocktail. Employees Only in New York’s West Village, named the World’s Best Bar by Tales of the Cocktail in 2011 and nominated again this year for World’s Best Bartender, is famous for their interpretation of the drink. “When I started, this drink was very rare,” says Bratislav Glisic, principal bartender at Employee’s Only. So what changed all that? 1. Pineapple Upside Down Cake Jello Shots Recipe 3. Peach Lassi | Eliza Domestica. Our house has been attacked by peaches, nectarines, apricots, and the like. We’ve been going through dozens of them weekly, with a dozen or more on hand, at all times.
I used to be that girl who only ate a peach if it was crunchy (aka, not fully ripe). It was the same for pears and nectarines. Didn’t touch them if they were soft and full of sweet juices. I just wasn’t into them. Then I grew up (ahem…last year). We were pretty much raised by my grandmother, who was infamous for making fruit smoothies year round. This peach lassi is creamy, lightly sweet, and makes you feel like a kid again.
This would also be great substituted with nectarines, apricots, or the original flavor, mango, if you don’t have peaches on hand. Ingredients 2 ripe peaches, pitted and chopped 1 cup plain Greek yogurt (non-fat or regurlar) 1/2 cup 1% milk 2 teaspoons of honey - optional 2-3 ice cubes - optional Mint leaves for topping. Blood Orange Mimosa | Eliza Domestica. Springtime always makes me think of brunches and being outside. I’m throwing an Easter egg hunt party this weekend with family and friends and brunch will be served along with some well deserved mimosas. Mimosas are the other thing I think of when its Spring. I’m making traditional mimosas but also some with a few twists.
This one being a blood orange mimosa. It got me thinking of other ways I could tweak a mimosa. I think a build-your-own-mimosa bar will be in order for my party on Sunday while the kids hunt for their eggs. Now all this talk of mimosas is making me thirsty. Do you know what the best thing about making, photographing and writing about a blood orange mimosa is? Drinking it in the end. Cheers to that. Blood Orange Mimosa Recipe Ingredients 1 pound of blood oranges, juiced and chilled Pineapple juice, chilled Sparkling white wine, Champagne, prosecco or cava, chilled Once chilled, fill flute or glass 1/3 full with orange juice and a splash of pineapple juice.
Paloma | Eliza Domestica. Don’t ask me why it has taken over a year to get this drink on here. When new friends come over, we convince them that they have to, have to try this drink before they leave. Because of our pushy ways, we’ve converted hoards of friends onto Palomas. It has finessed and established itself in our household as our go-to weekend (*cough*…weekday) drink. Let’s just say this modest drink is ridiculously good. Like good you can’t stop drinking good.
So good it’s refreshing good. It’s life changing, all with its mere less than a handful of ingredients. Consider yourself forewarned. I liken it to a margarita, but with more spritz and pizazz, and not as sweet. Ingredients Grapefruit soda (we like Squirt, but Fanta Toronja works too) 100% Silver Agave Tequila Limes Salt Fill a glass with ice.
Refills are welcomed. Five simple fucking ingredients in this bitch... Five simple fucking ingredients in this bitch right here. This is some good shit to make when you are feeling bougie as fuck. High-fructose corn syrup? Naw son, I don’t play that. Hit this with some vodka though, different story. 5 cups of water 1/2 -3/4 cup sugar (yeah, it is fucking lemonade. without the sugar it is just real sour fucking water) 3/4 cup Meyer lemon juice, about 6 lemons (you can just use the regular lemons at the store too, not a dealbreaker) juice of half a lime 4 sprigs of fresh lavender Bring the water to a boil in a medium pot. Makes about 1 quart of chill the fuck out.