DIY drink syrups

Summer entertaining is made easier with pitchers of Sangria. Red & white sangria recipes enhanced with flavored drink syrups

Brunch is often a special occasion or a social gathering and if you are making brunch at home it is fun to add some more unique dishes. A salmon omelet, strawberry infused champagne and a citrus marmalade are a few ideas to make your brunch special. Strawberry Lavender Champagne Cocktail This drink is so good …

Low carb cocktails can be greatly enhanced with a Cranberry Shrub Syrup (aka drinking vinegar) Try Cranberry Habanero Shrub Syrup!

Make your own pumpkin shrub syrup and use it with bourbon for an awesome pumpkin martini. A craft cocktail extraordinaire!

How to make fruit shrub syrups using either a cold shrub or a hot shrub method. Recipe for an apple shrub syrup and a beer cocktail using the apple syrup

How to make a Tomato Martini, a Smoked Tomato/Cherry Daiquiri, and a Tomato Shrub Bloody Mary with Shrub Syrups

Recipe for Hubert Keller’s Chow Chow sliders and an easy way to make a Michelada for Gameday or casual celebrations.

Recipe for Horchata cocktail and Chile Lime Peanuts to celebrate Cinco de Mayo

Recipes for craft cocktails for Earth Day using green tea syrup. Includes a Green tea collins and green tea grasshopper dink and a radish appetizer tray.

I distinctly remember being mortified as a teenager when I caught a glimpse of the Masters Golf Tournament on TV.  Who in the world would wear that awful green jacket to any event that was televised, and why is something as boring as golf on the television anyway?  Now that I am older and have …

How to use fresh fruit to make syrups that can flavor waters, cocktails, Italian sodas, iced tea or lemonades

Make a unique, but delightful tomato martini with tomato water, gin and vermouth