cast iron pan of chili con carne with beans on table with red peppers

Comfort Food for Troubled Times – Chili Con Carne

Nothing beats a comforting bowl of red.

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photo of the corpse reviver no 2 cocktail with a mixing tin and jigger and lemon peels

The Corpse Reviver No 2

The perfect introduction to absinthe….

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a photo of the suffering bastard cocktail in an old fashioned glass with sprig of mint on the bar

The Suffering Bast..d

Bourbon and gin may seem an unlikely marriage….

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picture of a pink squirrel cocktail in a martini glass with a mint sprig garnish on a gray background

The Pink Squirrel

The Pink Squirrel returns, and may even be better than the original!

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Hot Buttered Rum

This recipe for hot buttered rum batter hits the spot on a cold winter’s day.

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wood cut drawing of Scrooge and Bob Cratchet sharing a cup of smoking bishop

Smoking Bishop

No place on earth seems half so cold and damp as Oxford on a mid-winter’s day. Perhaps this explains the origin of the “smoking bishop,” a drink that puts cheer back into that “winter of our discontent.”

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photo of a grasshopper cocktail in a martini glass with sprig of mint garnish

Reimagining the classics – The Grasshopper

Another cocktail classic – the Grasshopper….

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Reimagining the classics – The Sidewinder Sidecar

A Sidewinder riff on the classic Sidecar cocktail….

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One Egg Pumpkin Pie

A can of pumpkin and a century-old recipe may forever change the way you make pumpkin pie.

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the hanky hanky cocktail in a coupe glass

Revisiting the Hanky Panky

Feel like a little Hanky Panky tonight?

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