There's some Edgar Allen Poe Speakeasy thing going on in select cities across the country including Jacksonville, North Carolina where my parents live, where their "Poe historians" recite or perform in some way four of Poe's stories and for each one you are served a specially crafted #cocktail
Stepmom called me up to see if I was interested in going when I'm in town around Easter and I said it seemed interesting and I enjoy the work of #Poe and spooky vibes, so guess we are going
#Cocktail - Stingray
60ml Bourbon, 22ml Red Vermouth, 7.5ml Fernet Branca, dash or two Mole/chocolate Bitters, Orange twist and/or cherry.
March's cocktail pie - Diesel (Snake) Bites
A Snake Bite contains equal parts cider and lager. To make it a Diesel you splash in some blackcurrant cordial.
For my bites, I’ve gone for a cider-and-lager pulled pork with a blackcurrant barbecue sauce, all wrapped up in pasty pastry.
Recipe: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2025-pies/diesel-snake-bites/
P.S. Damn right I'm proud to have knocked out March's pie in time for pi day this year
The #cocktail of the night is a 50/50 - 50% dry vermouth (in our case, Dolin) and 50% gin (Beefeater). We are extra, extra, extra dry martini drinkers. I pour the vermouth into the shaker with ice, strain it out, and then add the gin (shaken, not stirred). So, this was an interesting experiment. I added a bit more gin, but still pleasant.
Tonight’s #cocktail: gin and tonic with Sweet Gwendoline French Gin and Fever Tree Indian tonic. Pronounced fig tones with discernible grape notes. Stands up surprisingly well to the strongly flavored tonic (usually I lean to the lighter fever tree tonics but i only have this one right now). Enjoyable even without a citrus twist /garnish (which I also am lacking this evening)
Good Morning and Happy Monday! Meet Whiskers, the feline with very particular tastes, he likes his martinis shaken, not stirred... and with a goldfish chaser!
https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/whiskers-and-the-goldfish-martini-lisa-s-baker.html
With Super Bowl happening in the US today, I thought Pickled Porkers would be perfect to share today. Ha. Have a good one. https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/pickled-porkers-lisa-s-baker.html