New recipe, August 8, 2014

We spent the evening at the annual Sculpture in the Park show in Loveland. So the new recipe is The Bay Rum from Amy Stewart's The Drunken Botanist. Delicious--it gets a 4.

Another new recipe, August 7, 2014

The Red Lion Hybrid, from Amy Stewart's The Drunken Botanist. Delicious, even more so because we used mandarins from our tree. We give this a 5.

New recipe, August 4, 2014

Today's new recipe is the Royal Tannenbaum from Amy Stewart's The Drunken Botanist. Let me say that plain Zirbenz (stone pine liqueur) is too strong a flavor, but pair it up with gin and wow! We give this a 4.

New recipe, June 28, 2014

We had dinner with Rich and Tim tonight--thanks guys! Our contribution was the Ciao Bella Cocktail from the Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart--we love this--it gets a 5!

New recipe, June 24, 2014

Tonight we hosted a reception for the Board of the National Council for Behavioral Health, expertly catered by Epicurean Catering. A fabulous evening! So our new recipe is a cocktail, Dr Struwe's Suze and Soda from Amy Stewart's The Drunken Botanist. It is a nice digestif--we give it a 3.

New recipe, June 12, 2014

We went to Guys Night Out, to benefit ManTherapy, so the new recipe is the (Hybridized) Brooklyn Cocktail (sorry, there is no link available), from Amy Stewart's The Drunken Botanist. This is pleasant--we give it a 3.

New recipe, June 9, 2014

Tonight was a meeting night, so the new recipe is a cocktail--the Red Lion Hybrid, from The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart. Tasty--it gets a 4.

New recipe, May 12, 2014

Tonight I did a riff of the Spring Panzanella with Asparagus from the April 2012 Food and Wine. Does it count as new? Not sure, but I used fiddlehead ferns in place of some of the asparagus, and ramps in place of the red onion. I discovered Coosemans Denver today--a great source for restaurant produce! I've been looking for those beautiful watermelon radishes for months! We give this salad a 5.

Wine: Benziger Sauvignon Blanc North Coast 2011--a nice match!

Just to be sure we made something definitely new, we also made The Honey Drip cocktail from the Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart--flavorful, sweet but well balanced. We give this a 4.