Frozen Fluffernutter Martini

When I was a little girl, there were only two kinds of kid-approved sandwiches and both involved peanut butter.  The classic PB&J, of course, and the fluffernutter.  That ingenious combination of sweet marshmallow fluff and salty peanut butter was perfect on its own or with the addition of some sliced bananas.  OK, sometimes there was some chocolate hazelnut spread as well but the fluff was the constant.

Springtime Martini

Hooray for the first day of spring!  It may take a little while longer for the snow to melt and the cherry blossoms to flower but I'm happy nonetheless.  This winter has lasted way too long and I'm ready to celebrate its departure.

Lemon Meringue Martini

This drink dates back to when we finally broke down and bought our first bottle of whipped vodka.  We scoffed at first but suddenly all these vodka brands were getting themselves whipped and fluffed and we couldn't fight it off anymore.  So when we were browsing around the liquor store (yes, we are the kind of people who browse in liquor stores) one of those bottles went into our basket.  Back home we approached it with some doubt as to whether it would taste sweet or artificial but, it was good.  Really good.

The Manhattan

This recipe can now be found at: http://www.hungrycouplenyc.com/2015/05/the-manhattan.html

Strawberry Thyme Gin Fizz

Last year, my good friend Heidi created a line of flavored syrups, called Not So Simple Syrup, and I had the pleasure of trying a few of them.  She and I are bonded in our love of cocktails and natural flavors are important to both of us.  She works with a local bottler and uses only fresh ingredients.  I was impressed the first time I tried them.

Chocolate Hazelnut-tini

 

There are probably very few treats I love as much as peanut butter.  But chocolate hazelnut spread would come a close second in the 'just hand me a big spoon' category.  I actually grew up eating plenty of it on toast since it was a favorite of my European parents.  But I'm pretty sure they never thought to make a cocktail out of it.

Tiramisu Martini

 

It's a good day when free ice cream shows up in the mail, wouldn't you say?  What happened was that the nice folks at Breyers contacted me to let me know about a new line of Gelato Indulgences coming out this month.  They said there would be Vanilla Caramel, Raspberry Cheesecake, Tiramisu and Triple Chocolate and I said "yum."  Then they offered to send me some to sample, if that was OK with me.  Um...yeah...sure.  I mean, if you insist.

Lemon Drop Daiquiri

This recipe can now be found at: http://www.hungrycouplenyc.com/2015/05/lemon-drop-daiquiri.html

Pecan Pie Martini (and Easy Maple Roasted Pecans)

Recently, the nice folks at Pinnacle Vodka sent me a new flavor to test.  Brian and I already have quite a nice flavor collection but this is one that wasn't in our arsenal yet.  That's pretty amazing, actually, since we have trouble passing a liquor store without wanting to browse and those sweet blue bottles always seem to call to us.  We'll see a flavor we haven't tried before and we both look at each other and can almost see our cocktail making wheels spinning.  Otherwise, we're normal people.  Really.

Welcome

A very warm welcome to all you friends, old and new.  If you know us from Hungry Couple then you've noted that we shake a mean cocktail.  When we go to new restaurants, our first question is whether they have a specialty cocktail menu and we're disappointed if they don't.

We may order some wine with dinner and serve beer at summer outings but there's something so interesting about the perfect blend of ingredients in a fine cocktail.  We do a lot of...um...sampling around here and we're always trying to achieve the right balance between sweet, tart and spirit.

Some of the recipes you'll find here over time will be our favorite versions of classics and some will be recreations of delights we found on our travels but most will be our very own creations.  There may even be a review, here and there.  So, welcome.  We hope you'll follow us on social media and keep coming back for more rounds.  Cheers!