ñA few weeks ago I was sitting quietly on my couch and flicking through my Instagram feed when I spotted a photo of an almost empty glass of a Margarita cocktail. It was photographed by a lovely fellow blogger, Laney of Crash Test Mummy… and she’d just devoured it! It was all I needed to [...]
The Cosmopolitan or Cosmo is a classic cocktail. A mixture of vodka, cointreau, cranberry and lime, this drink is refreshing and lively on the tastebuds. It’s an old favourite of mine and a cocktail that I can confidently serve at parties due to it’s popularity. Cosmopolitan WHAT YOU WILL NEED 30mls Vodka 15mls Cointreau (orange [...]
Earlier this year at the Taste of Melbourne festival, I booked into the Sensology Breakfast Martini cocktail class. Unfortunately I was too busy tasting the Dal Zotto wine range and I missed this class. The Sensology team kindly offered me another class later in the day and I chose the Daquiri cocktail class. The Daquiri [...]
Last weekend I spent a few wonderful hours at the Melbourne Paris to Provence Festival. The festival was held at the beautiful Como Historic House and Garden, in South Yarra. The grounds were full of fabulous stalls selling gourmet French cheese, pastries, chocolat and macarons. Designers brought in French clothing and homewares. Importers were selling [...]
Hooray! Today marks the first day of summer in Australia, so it seems only fitting to share the new range of light and fresh wines by Australian winemaker, Jacob’s Creek. Let me introduce you to Jacob’s Creek Cool Harvest. As the name suggests, the night harvesting of the grapes is essential for creating the crisp [...]
This is a refreshing cocktail courtesy of Lauren at Teroforma blog. You might remember Teroforma’s Pomegranate Margarita featured {here} also. Well, I love gin cocktails and so I had to include this cocktail recipe too. Personally, I think the Gin Daddy tastes almost like a long Tom Collins, but then add a swig of rosemary [...]
Our reliable old Gaggia espresso machine finally gave out recently, so we decided to go back to our roots and buy a stovepot coffee maker. Many, many years ago, my husband and I lived in the Northern Territory (Yulara to be exact) and finding good coffee or buying an espresso machine was not a simple [...]
This tangy Pomegranate Margarita is the perfect welcome or pre-dinner cocktail for your party guests. The recipe is very simple and quite easy to prepare. It was crafted for Lauren at Teroforma – a beautiful collaborative studio based in the US, that features designers from all over the world. Click {here} to view their stylish [...]
Serve your cocktail party drinks with these fantastic ice cube guitars. Just fill the tray with water, lay the ‘neck’ stirrers in place and freeze. As the body melts the neck becomes a stirrer. Set of three styles (Gibson, Fender and acoustic) in a 6 3/4′ x 8 1/4′ silicon freezer tray. Buy them {HERE} [...]
Today’s Cocktail Hour is brought to you by Fashionably Bombed. Katherine and Flannery are two fashionista mixologists behind this fabulous blog. They create their own cocktail recipes, show you how to make them and what to wear while you’re drinking them! I love a good Caipirinha and this adaptation really gets my taste buds tingling. [...]
