cocktails
Last week I found myself at Marben, Toronto’s fashion district fixture, which will be launching for the third time on Thursday. Third time is certainly the charm; the food we sampled was certainly tremendous, from the sunchoke cream and crisp, to the oyster with smoked caviar and hazelnut, to the … Read More
Nothing says “I love you, mom,” like a hand-made cocktail. This mother’s day (May 12; write it down now), make something personal. Like a cocktail. For these vodka cocktails, I used Luksusowa ($25.45). It’s triple-distilled and charcoal filtered, resulting in drink that is smooth, crisp, clean, and clear—ideal for cocktails. … Read More
Make sure your Christmas tree is a spruce tree, and then you can just snap off a branch whenever you want a spruce-based cocktails. It’s like a candy cane for adults! VIA ESQUIRE
In university, one of my devastatingly honest female friends, Elisa, told me I’d have better luck with women if I kept a more diverse liquor shelf. “You only drink scary things like whisky and dark rum. Women want something sweet and non-threatening.” Good advice. I started keeping a bottle of … Read More
Cocktailing was always something we were worried about being caught doing—in fact, we avoided it entirely. Having a few stiff drinks at home to take the edge off a long workday is one thing, going for Cosmotinis with the boys is quite another. Luckily, grey areas exist. Even luckier, Montreal’s … Read More
