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A few years ago I went on a search for an eggnogg recipe as find most store bought varieties quite disgusting. As I love vintage I ended up adapting a recipe from Esquire’s Handbook for Hosts that was originally…
Posted by: Sylvia Rigakis on Friday, December 23rd, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Christmas, cream, eggnog, eggs, liquor, sugar, vintage | 4 Comments »
Today new contributor Cliff Hammerschmidt posts in the Foodists Guest column. Look for more from him soon. -Ed It’s that time of year again. Walnuts are at that perfect stage of development for making Green Walnut…
Posted by: Guest on Friday, July 9th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: alcohol, liquor, walnut | 3 Comments »
The BC Hospitality Expo last month had the usual assortment of entertainment accoutrements, but we were there to judge one half of the Sortilège Cup. Hosted by Nons Drinks, this was a battle between the sexes to see who…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, December 14th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: alcohol, bartending, contest, cup, expo, liquor, sortilege, spirits | No Comments »
Far too many people still think of tequila as something to be shot back, followed by the requisite lime, salt and shudder, as evidenced by the raised eyebrows I got when I told people I was going to a tequila tasting. But…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: alcohol, cocktails, Don Julio, event, liquor, Pacific Goldfish Kitchen, spirits, tequila, vancouver, Yaletown | 1 Comment »
I have a confession to make. I don’t like chocolate all that much. I don’t hate it and I’ve certainly been known to have a square of cacao or two with my espresso, but the excitement of going to a…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: alcohol, cacao, chocolate, festival, liquor, pairing, Scotch, single malt, vancouver, wccf, wccf09, whiskey, whisky | 2 Comments »
My first encounter with Giffard was at the Alibi Room in Vancouver. It was my birthday and I ordered a drink, the name of which now escapes me. It was a marvellous, refreshing and lively cocktail bursting with the floral…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Saturday, March 10th, 2007
Categories: Worship | Tags: alibi room, Emile Giffard, french, liquor, Loire Valley | 2 Comments »