A refreshing combination in a watermelon cocktail perfect for summer porch sipping! We have been having a quite the odd spring this year, with hot weather in the early spring, then cold and rainy weather that has made spring seem rather fleeting the past few weeks. We have been really looking forward to those …
A beautiful spring touch to this gin cocktail recipe is the snap pea simple syrup in this Gin and Snap Pea cocktail. There is a glorious time during spring where the sweet spring snap peas make their way to the farmer’s market stands and with spring peas popping up on the stands, and we …
A summer menu preview from one of our favorite restaurants in Omaha! Dante Restaurant Omaha is a great place for fresh, local flavors! When most people think about fine dining in Omaha, they typically think about heading down to the Old Market and all of the many well known restaurants that dot that …
A spring twist on the classic Gin & Tonic! Snap pea simple syrup added in to this pea cocktail! One of our favorite things about spring is the reopening of the Omaha Farmer’s Market and the return of all sorts of good produce to our kitchen! We love heading down to the market and …
A twist on the classic Paloma cocktail recipe, we added some strawberry flavor to this Strawberry Paloma! While all the craze on the days leading up to Cinco de Mayo was about margaritas, we were drinking another great Mexican cocktail the Paloma. We needed a good drink for the weekend festivities and since there …
Boozy homemade chocolate marshmallows with some added chocolate! Being cocktail bloggers, we are used to being sent samples of different spirits and alcoholic products to try, but rarely do our friends hand us a bottle and ask us to do something with it! We have a friend who loves all kinds of flavored vodkas, …
A great combination of dessert and cocktail in one, a frozen strawberry daiquiri float on top of vanilla ice cream! As frequent readers of our blog know, we are kind of obsessed with making lots of classic craft cocktails. Every now and then it is fun to wander away from the classics into something …
A fruity version of the classic Ramos Gin Fizz! In the world of craft cocktails there is one cocktail that literally is a workout in a glass, one that requires a little cardio along with the ingredients! It’s a classic invented way back in 1880’s New Orleans. The Ramos Gin Fizz is one of …
A fantastic twist on the classic, this Pine Gin and Tonic evergreen cocktail is perfect for winter with the pine flavor! A few years ago we took a summer trip up to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado where we visited the little town of Silver Plume. It was here we got the chance to …
A blackberry and tangerine ice ball makes this fabulous vodka tonic special! As the weather has started to get warmer, our tastes in cocktails have trended towards lighter spirits like gin and vodka. We also love the spring berries that have come into season. They are perfect for lending some wonderful color and flavor …