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    The Lovebirds

    Ingredients:
    1 1/2 oz Godiva Chocolate Vodka
    1/2 oz orange-flavored liqueur
    Champagne or sparkling wine for top
    3/4 oz freshly-squeezed orange juice
    Handful of mint leaves
    Lemon peel for garnish
    Orange peel for garnish
     
    Directions:
    Combine Godiva Chocolate Vodka, orange-flavored liqueur, freshly squeezed orange juice, and mint leaves into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Top with champagne or sparkling wine. Garnish with orange and lemon peel
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  • Shalom

    This drink means hello.

    Ingredients:
    1.5 oz Russian Standard Vodka (kosher)
    3 oz Golden Flow All Natural Lemonade (kosher parve)
    1 slice of lemon, garnish

    Directions:
    In a tumbler, combine 1.5 oz Russian Standard Vodka, 3 oz of lemonade and ice. Garnish with a slice of lemon.

    Courtesy of Russian Standard Vodka.… Read more

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    Nuts About You

    If fall weather is putting you in a romantic mood, here’s the perfect champagne cocktail for the occasion.

    This week’s drink uses orgeat, a floral almond syrup that adds a richness and silkiness to an already great combination: sparkling wine and rum. I suggest you take the extra time to make your own orgeat, using our recipe. However, you can also use a well-made orgeat by Small Hand Foods, Okole Maluna or your favorite ingredient … Read more

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    SKYY Infusions Blood Orange Review

    Blood orange is one of the newest flavors from Skyy Infusions. I was excited because blood orange is one of my favorites! Next time you make a mimosa, try substituting blood orange juice for the orange juice or if you want to kick it up a notch, use Skyy Infusions Blood Orange. 

    Skyy Infusions Blood Orange has an aroma of candied orange, like a cross between blood orange juice and Tang, that completely obscures any … Read more

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    Kentucky Apple Sour Jellies

    Jell-O shots are fun, but they don’t taste like cocktails.  This sophisticated take on the Jell-O shot, which like the Brits we’re going to call a “jelly,” tastes like a cocktail in solid form. I reinterpreted the Kentucky Apple Sour, a recipe from our upcoming book DIY Cocktails, and turned it into a jiggly finger food. I used sparkling apple juice because I had some in the house and think it adds a little … Read more

  • Skyy’s the Limit Cocktail Competition

    At the recent SF Chef’s food, wine and cocktail extravaganza, Skyy held a cocktail competition. The competition was held over 3 days and featured 6 top San Francisco bartenders. Each day featured spirit and secret ingredient, Iron Chef Style. The semifinals pitted 3 bartenders from a larger field of 15, the six would vie for a spot in the Finals. The finalists and winner would be picked by a panel of 3 judges. Cocktails would … Read more

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    Watermelon Granita

    This Week’s Drink is brought to us by guest blogger Caitlin D. (@catincal).

    I’m the kind of girl who giggles for no reason, loves twirly dresses and is the first to grab a karaoke microphone. Oh, and I love cocktails.

    I’m a huge fan of outdoor dinner parties in the summer and love matching a festive, seasonal drink to a traditional BBQ menu. One of my favorite bartenders, Esteban Ordonez, created the following recipe with … Read more

  • Fruity Valentine’s Cocktails from Skyy

    Before greeting cards, roses and lavish gifts, people relied on simpler ways to entice their loved ones. Some believed that certain types of foods could stir romance. For instance, natural foods like vanilla and almonds release an aromatic scent that has been thought to provoke passion. If you’re searching for something that appeals to both sight and taste, nothing can compete with the eye-catching and sumptuous appeal of delectable real fruit.

    Raspberries and cherries are … Read more

  • Is He Into You or Not?

    To celebrate the new film He’s Just Not That Into You, Skyy Vodka created two new cocktails—one sweet, one sour. These cocktails mirror the ins and outs, ups and downs and the good and the bad of finding true love.

    Inspired by the outrageously popular self-improvement book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, He’s Just Not That into You showcases the diverse love lives of a group of Baltimore-based twenty- and thirty-somethings. Each storyline features … Read more

  • Grapefruit Campari Sorbet

    Chef Jamie Oliver created this refreshing granita as an easy, light and elegant dessert. Yummy!

    Ingredients

    1 & 3/4 pints fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, strained

      14 oz superfine sugar 7 oz Campari Juice of 2 lemons Juice of 2 oranges

    Instructions

    Whisk together the grapefruit juice and sugar. Add the Campari, lemon and orange juices. Freeze in an ice cream maker, or in a metal container for a granita texture.

    Photo & recipe courtesy Campari.… Read more