Kristine and I tried to squeeze* in one more pool day yesterday before this Summer wraps up. I blended up these Frozen Watermelon Mojitos at home, then (safely) raced over to my parents’ backyard before they could melt. We sipped on these, caught up and went for a quick dip. Even that little bee in the......

A few Summers ago, I decided I would get very into Pimm’s Cups and bought a bottle of Pimm’s No.1. This is the equivalent to a buying a single-use kitchen gadget like a cherry pitter or potato ricer; you basically use it once a year and then it sits there collecting dust. It’s kind of......

Yesterday my girls came over to watch the Emmys, and I cooked up a last-gasp summer feast for us, which I will document here this week. We started off with these Rosé Aperol Spritzes, which I legitimately bought the passion fruit juice for LAST SUMMER and just never got around to making. This is a......

I had so many fun summer cocktails saved to try this summer, and I just never seemed to get it together to make them*. Now that I’m thinking about it, each of them had a lot of different components, and they all violated my friend Weedy’s rules for a Signature Summer Cocktail: it must be easy......

Alright, I had one new strawberry/rhubarb recipe that I wanted to make this year, and it’s this sangria. Was I mostly motivated by these super cute cups I bought at Lionheart Prints in New Orleans? Yes indeed! My old boss was having a bunch of people over to his new condo for drinks last week, and......

Last Summer, I was obsessed with Frosé, and documented my trials extensively here. By the time I figured out the best way to make it, Summer was over and I had no use for my new skills. Well, Summer’s back in full effect and I only have one goal*: TURN EVERY COCKTAIL INTO A SLUSHIE.......

Without a doubt, this is my Summer Seventeen obsession right here. While it doesn’t exactly meet the criteria of a Signature Summer Cocktail (it’s a little too high maintenance for that), I couldn’t stop making it over the past few months. I first came across the idea of frozen rosé (also known as frosé or......

Blood Oranges are the biggest scam of the citrus world since Meyer Lemons. I actually haven’t bought any in years, because I kept excitedly bringing bags of them home, only to cut them open and find they were barely pink inside. I randomly picked some up last week, and lo and behold they were actually a......

My friend Weedy showed up to Champagne & Cookies this year (more on that next week) with Homemade Bailey’s, two dozen shot glasses, and the confidence that she was about to blow everyone’s minds. I swear her version is even better than the real deal. She totally stole the show and I asked her to......

Don’t get excited, this is not my Signature Summer Cocktail. The #1 rule of the SSC, as dictated by my friend Weedy, is that it has to be super simple and quick to mix up. This is definitely not that, but it’s so delicious and vibrant that we have to talk about it anyway. The......