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Cocktail Recipes
Cocktails to Crave: The Old Cuban

After doing a little event for a group of women attorneys at The Bubble Lounge last week, I went out for drinks with Heather and Marie, a pair of new foodie friends. As we scanned the menu at a hip vintage style watering hole in the Financial District, Heather was disappointed that the Old Cuban — her favorite new drink — wasn’t on the menu. I told her to ask for one anyway. It’s my new favorite too and a modern classic that any bartender worth his salt knows how to make. Apparently not. The waiter brought over two pale cocktails that looked like mojitos. Close — since the Old Cuban is a variant of the mojito. Both are made with lime, mint, simple syrup and benefit from a good golden or dark rum with some age, like Zaya, Smith & Cross or El Dorado 12. But what makes an…
November 19, 2010
Bubbly Girl Drink of the Week: Pineapple Ginger Daiquiri

So I had mountains of work to do at the computer… but my mind kept wandering. I think it was the aroma of the fresh pineapple I had resting on the counter that kept calling me to the kitchen. Or maybe it was the fact that I had just met Chesterfield Brown, the brand ambassador for Mount Gay Rum. Mount Gay which is based in Barbados is the oldest rum distillery in the world, dating back to 1703. Whether it’s light or dark, spiced or plain, rum has this slightly sweet, warm fragrance that invites you in. Over lunch at Rice in the W Hotel San Diego, Brown and I sat with three wine glasses in front of us. But instead of wine, the glasses held three different styles of rum. We swirled the clear golden liquid and the bowls of the wine glasses filled with aromas of rum. The…
June 12, 2009
Cocktail Recipes
Mai Tai Monday at Trader Vic’s Part 2

Besides 2.5 shots of Myers Dark Rum, Krack added a surprise float of Lemon Hart 151 Rum at the end. The Lemon Hart is a smoky and molasses-rich demarara rum that comes from Guyana.
February 11, 2009
Cocktail Recipes, Pop Culture
Mai Tai Monday at Trader Vic’s

Trader Vic’s has a very long menu of all kinds of historic Tiki drinks like the Raffles Bar Gin Sling, the Scorpion and the Queen’s Park Swizzle, which our waiter said was way too strong to even consider. But for Lana, the only cocktail to order is the Mai Tai.
February 9, 2009