The holidays are here, and I could not be more excited! Time to decorate the bar cart, mix up some eggnog and start chilling the bubbly! This year, I am helping host a New Year’s party to toast to 2019 as it rolls in. I am looking forward to a bit of a reset, reflection, and planning for the new year, lots of great things are on the horizon. I am also ready for all of the sparkle on New…
To Deseed and juice a pomegranate can seem like a daunting task, but I am here to let you know how to turn those beautiful jewels into beautiful juice! It’s rather simple actually and only…
Clarifying cocktails is not new around here. Well, on Craft & Cocktails anyway. If you are new here you may not quite know what clarified cocktails are, no worries here is a break down…
Setting the perfect table to highlight the Thanksgiving feast can be a tad stressful. Do you go formal or casual? Linens, no linens? Place cards or no? One year I hosted 16 people and…
These Smoked Cinnamon Apple Sparkling Sangrias are a crowd pleaser! Smoked Cinnamon adds a much richer baking spice note to this sangria as well as making a great presentation for your guests served to…
It’s been a rough week. Either globally or nationally with the the stem rolling from the Senate to elect Kavanaugh into the Supreme Court. Let’s not get into the rage headache I’ve had for…
I recently made Clarified Milk Punch to try this by gone method of preserving drinks and I am now smitten with making (and drinking!) them. You can clarify just about any cocktail that has…
I have waxed and waned on my love of sherry many times. My first introduction with sherry was reading Edgar Allen Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado in 9th grade. And then I didn’t come across it again for another 12 years unfortunately. I saw amontillado…
If asked my favorite way to have my drinks it would be silky and crystal, crystal clear. To get crystal clear drink does not require magic, but rather a little science and milk, yup…
Who doesn’t love a good swizzle?! I sure can’t resist them! Swizzles are, as the Trader Vic once observed, “the most delightful form of anesthesia given out today.” Cheers to that! If you have not been…
