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You’ll want to make these refreshing drinks before summer ends. Food & Wine / Photo by Christopher Testani / Food Styling by Emily Nabors Hall / Prop styling by Christina Daley Even though August marks the twilight of summer, we’re still indulging in refreshing spritzes and frozen beverages to stay cool. Whether you’re throwing a…
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If you’re embarking on a sober summer or simply searching for a delightful non-alcoholic beverage, here are some suggestions.
ANN ARBOR, MI — Knight’s Steakhouse in Ann Arbor is all about making sure diners who may walk in as strangers leave as friends after enjoying quality food and boozy cocktails. The longstanding Ann Arbor restaurant recently celebrated 40 years at 2324 Dexter Ave. after husband-and-wife Ray and Mary Knight began the eatery in April…
Rubber duckies bobbing on ice. A smoke show. Colorful floral arrangements and fruit floats. Punch bowls always deliver on the “ooh-ahh” factor, according to beverage industry veteran Tasmen Braam, general manager of The Family Jones Spirit House. So, when Braam decided to add a few shareable sippers to the menu to showcase the distillery’s key…
No matter where you are in the country right now—no matter what town you’re in, on what time of what day—the answer to that question is almost certainly, yes. Imagine someone places an icy Mojito into your hand, condensation already beading on the glass, the bright mentholated aroma reaching up to invite you to take…
Belle_Rose is a spritz style drink from Belle de Brillet August is in full swing, bringing sweltering temperatures across much of the Northeast and other parts of the U.S. According to NOAA’s latest climate outlook, above-average temperatures are expected to continue, making it the perfect time to cool down with some refreshing spritz cocktails. Originating…
Drop Needle Drinks is a new entry into the ready-to-drink cocktail market, with three sparkling wine and fruit-juice-based products now available at many local restaurants and liquor stores. During the pandemic Nallely Suarez Gass, an Oak Park resident, and three colleagues at a national beer company started thinking about shifting trends in alcohol consumption and…
The combination of eggs and alcohol has a long history, going back at least to the Middle Ages in Europe. By the Golden Age of cocktails, which ran from the 1860s to the 1920s (ending with Prohibition in the United States), bartenders were incorporating raw egg whites into a variety of fizzes and sours that…
Perhaps you’d like to enjoy a refreshing cocktail while you sit back and enjoy the second week of the Paris Olympics. In the spirit of the Games, Senior Mixologist Donovan Mitchem joined the WGN Weekend Morning News on Sunday to make some Parisian-inspired cocktails. Weekend Gardening: Non-flowering Hydrangeas Check out the attached video for more….