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Valentine’s Day

Drinks
Raspberry Royale Cocktail Recipe

The luscious flavor of raspberry dessert wine marries with bubbly and a twist of lemon, creating a sophisticated and seductive drink. Makes 1 cocktail 1 ounce Trader Joe’s Raspberry Dessert Wine, chilled 5 ounces brut sparkling wine, chilled lemon twist 1 fresh or frozen raspberry Add the chilled raspberry wine to a champagne flute. Top with the champagne or sparkling wine. Garnish with the lemon twist and the raspberry. © 2011 By Maria C. Hunt, author of The Bubbly Bar: Champagne and Sparkling Wine Cocktails for Every Occasion published August 2009 by Clarkson Potter, a division of Random House
January 31, 2011
Drinks
Kismet Cocktail

Kismet means fate. I like the concept and the name for this cocktail filled with ingredients that just may invite romance. 1 ounce Pama pomegranate liqueur or pomegranate juice 1-1/2 ounces passionfruit-orange juice 1/2 ounce ginger liqueur 3 ounces sparkling wine 3 pomegranate seeds Add Pama pomegranate liqueur or pomegranate juice, passion-fruit juice and ginger liqueur to a champagne flute. Top with chilled sparkling wined. Garnish with the pomegranate seeds. Makes 1 cocktail © 2009 The Bubbly Girl
January 31, 2011
Bubbly Events
Last Minute Ideas for Delicious Valentine’s Outings from San Diego to the Bay

Still pondering where to go for Valentine’s Day? Here are a few spots in Northern and Southern California planning some creative and romantic offerings. The Bubble Lounge in San Francisco is pulling out all the stops with a jazz singer performing, a special menu of aphrodisiac foods and featured romantic cocktails by moi, The Bubbly Girl on Feb. 14. They’ve selected the Elderbubble (St. Germain, raspberry vodka and champagne) and the gorgeous Belle de Jour, a mix of Lillet Blond, St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur and rosé champage created by Jackie Patterson and featured in my book Bubbly Bar. Couples can also order a bottle of Dosnon & Lepage Brut Rosé Champagne and have it sabered open – (by the way, there’s a web site devoted to the art of Saberage). Bubbly Lounge chefs are cooking up a sexy menu of sweet roasted beets with micro greens and goat cheese, caviar…
February 12, 2010
Real Aphrodisiacs for Valentine’s Day Drinks: Passionate Pomegranate

A red orb with all those juicy seeds inside, a pomegranate just suggests fertility and promise. It’s thought to be the tempting forbidden fruit that seduced Adam and Eve in the Bible. In the Greek myth, Persephone was forced to spend half the year in the Underworld after she was tricked into eating a few pomegranate seeds during a visit to Hades. All in all, these myths make the pomegranate a pretty fascinating and tasty fruit. We’ve all gotten word that pomegranates are chock full of healthy antioxidants, vitamins and minerals which scientific studies show can help reduce wrinkles, lower blood pressure and prevent heart disease. Pomegranate is also a great source of folic acid, which is an important nutrient for pregnant women. If you’re trying to get pregnant, it turns out pomegranate can help in that department too. A researcher at the University of California found that pomegranate is…
February 9, 2010
Real Aphrodisiacs for Valentine’s Day Drinks: A Taste of Honey

It’s so easy to take honey for granted: sweet, cloying and sticky stuff without much personality. But it’s always been one of those foods, along with strawberries and whipped cream that shall we say has plenty of sex appeal. The term honeymoon comes from the Viking tradition of leaving newlyweds alone for a month to get to know each other. They were encouraged to drink lots of mead – wine made from fermented honey – as it was considered an aphrodisiac. Even today, Indian bridegrooms are given honey on their wedding night to increase their stamina. It turns out honey contains boron, a trace mineral that’s important for a number of different body functions including hormone production. Boron helps increase estrogen levels in women as well as testosterone levels in men and women, which is important for libido. Honey also contains B vitamins which play a role in estrogen production…
February 3, 2010