Posts tagged with: vodka

Evolution of a Cocktail: Strawberry Charm

I’m not ashamed to say it: I love dessert drinks. They’re often made with über-sweet artificially flavored vodkas, though. And while I won’t deny (OK, with some modicum of shame) that I enjoy some of them, the world is suffering from a plague of flavored vodka. This drink is a... Read More

A Bridal Bouquet No One Caught

I am determined, at some point in my life, to enter a cocktail contest and win, dammit. But at this point, after a previous concoction that went un-entered because of lame-o rules, and another never made it off the starting block because of the same lame rules, and this new... Read More

Iced Tea + Iced Vodka = Cocktail Yum

I adore our friend @Chef_Jay for a number of reasons, one of them being that without him, I would never know what food day it is. By following Jay’s tweets, I always know that National Grilled Cheese Day, National Candy Month or, in the case of today, National Iced Tea Day... Read More

Grey Goose Cherry Noir Competition

Young’s Market held a Grey Goose Cherry Noir Launch Party and Cocktail Competition to kick off its first new flavor in five years. Competing for the honor and a spiffy blinged-out watch: Dave Newman (Nobu Waikiki), Ryan Sanford (Brasserie Du Vin), Chris McClure (Rivals Waikiki/Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai Bar), Tanner... Read More