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Ladies Choice cocktail

On March 6, 2012 By

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of presenting a session about food at YoUnlimited,  a local women’s conference here in Victoria.

The day was filled with presentations and panels all touching on various aspects of mind/body/soul, and was a great opportunity to connect with other women I normally only get [...]

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The Kentucky Cloud

On February 5, 2012 By

It’s 5 degrees C here, not 25 C, but for some reason, I’ve had summer-ey cocktails on the brain.  Thus, when a recent challenge arose to do something with bourbon, my mind naturally turned to sours … and fizzes (after all, a fizz is nothing more than a sour with bubbles!).  And from [...]

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Spiced Citrus Punch

On January 5, 2012 By

Spiced Citrus Whisky Punch

(Janice Mansfield, 2011)

One glass A whole bunch of punch! ½ oz. falernum 225 ml falernum ½ oz. ginger syrup 225 ml ginger syrup ½ oz. freshly squeezed lemon 225 ml freshly squeezed lemon ½ oz. freshly squeezed orange 225 ml freshly squeezed orange 1 ½ oz. Rye [...]

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Today was a snowday here for most folks on the Wet Coast!  To be fair, it only takes a few cms to throw folks into a tailspin, but there are about 15 cms stacked up in the back yard!

What to do on a snow day, but sit back, enjoy some slow food, and have [...]

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We had an impromtu photo sho

ot here today at the Shiba Shack!  One of the local media outlets covering Art of the Cocktail came by take some shots of at-home cocktail making, and get the scoop on what prompts someone to enter a cocktail competition [...]

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