I love the week between Christmas and New Year’s. I love the calm, quiet coziness that settles in after the mad dash from Thanksgiving to Christmas and I love that the week begins and ends with champagne. What I don’t love is an empty champagne glass. It’s always a sad thing to reach the bottom [...]
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Cherry Cocktails & Winter Compote Desserts
Posted in Recipes & Suggestions, tagged american spoon, brandied balaton cherries, brandied cherries, cherries, cocktails, dessert, dried tart cherries, entertaining, holidays, new years eve, winter compote on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fruit Butter Cocktails for Thanksgiving
Posted in Recipes & Suggestions, tagged american spoon, beverages, cocktails, cranberry butter, entertaining, fruit butter, pumpkin butter, recipe, thanksgiving on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here are two things you may not know about fruit butters: 1) they don’t actually contain any butter and 2) they’re awfully good with gin. Or bourbon. Or champagne. I haven’t always possessed such encyclopedic knowledge of fruit butters. As I child I wrinkled my nose at the thought of apples mixed with butter and [...]
