Chris Nordquist
I remember watching old movies as a kid and being intrigued by the way some impossibly suave person –Cary Grant, Ray Miland or someone like that– glided over to his home bar and poured a drink from a glittering bottle of amber liquid –removing the stopper, pouring just a splash, replacing the stopper. It seemed […]
Ok, there’s nothing particularly environmentally responsible about this cocktail, but it’s uncommonly delicious, and it’s a beautiful celery green color. A few weeks ago my friend and mixmaster Steven sent me the recipe, and I’ve had a hard time keeping us stocked with its ingredients ever since. The recipe is simple, but the flavor is […]
I’ve found that inviting a few guests over for a cocktail on a weeknight is a nice way to connect with other busy people. You can offer hospitality without committing to dinner and all that entails (either in or out), and your guests can accept even if they have other plans later in the evening, […]
The homemade brandied cherries that my friend Marta gave me for Christmas (last year) had run out, but it was still the height of Manhattan season (the cocktail, not the island). I had to do something. Supermarket Maraschino cherries weren’t an option. For years I told myself that they were an amusing retro touch to […]
Maybe it’s my advancing age, or the fact that I spend a lot of time carrying an increasingly heavy (yet adorable) child, but the strain of lugging cases of San Pellegrino home from the market was beginning to test my love of sparkling water. And the energy it took me to haul it the last […]
There was a time where the whole concept of Valentine’s Day irritated me. Of course, it’s a perfect example of a Hallmark Holiday; that is, a day that seems to have no genuine cultural purpose other than buying gifts. And even its ostensible purpose is unclear: it seems to be a celebration of romantic love, […]
This week the weather turned chilly in New York, and I started to rough out our family plans for the Holidays. This led me to happy thoughts of Holiday food and drink, and, more specifically, to how it might be nice to experiment with some homemade liqueurs and infusions to serve to guests and give […]
Well, it’s officially Fall, which means, among other things, of course, that it’s time for more brown liquor. Scotch, bourbon, rye –they seem made for the season of turning leaves, herringbone jackets and pumpkin gnocchi. I found the recipe for this cocktail a couple of weeks ago in Bon Appetit, and it’s becoming a favorite […]
Warm weather, meat on the grill, margaritas — they all go together, at least at our house. While I can’t really get enough of the first two, I can max out on the third, and not just because of my blood alcohol level. Of course, there are other refreshing summer cocktails, like the WASPish gin […]
“I don’t know whether to drink this or dab it behind my ears.” So said a friend last weekend when I handed him his first gin fizz. Made correctly, the gin fizz is an ethereal drink, an aromatic, ultralight concoction whose pleasures lie at the intersection of our senses of taste and smell. (Made carelessly, […]
