Quick take: Avoid pairing a gin martini with cheese, but if you insist, try a Brillat-Savarin. In our cheese + cocktail pairing project, I’m combining my cocktail know-how with the […]
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What Cheese Pairs Best with the Last Word Cocktail?
Quick take: pair a Last Word cocktail with a Bouton de Culotte cheese In our cheese + cocktail pairing project, I’m combining my cocktail know-how with the encyclopedic cheese knowledge […]
My Top Five Cocktails of 2018
Different criteria contribute to a standout cocktail. Maybe it’s made with innovative and interesting techniques or uses new spirits or ingredients. It might be a surprising new flavor combination or […]
I have mixed feelings on Kube bar and restaurant
Quick Take: Kube’s most significant points of interest are the lovely terrace, lush decor and the ice bar. Lots of the city’s cocktail bars have good points and bad points. […]
How and Why to Make a Home Bar Seasonal Cocktail Menu
Quick Take: A pre-planned home bar menu makes entertaining easier for you and more enjoyable for your guests At its best, home entertaining is about spoiling your favorite people in […]
Recommended Reading and Cocktail Party Conversation Starters Vol. 17
Welcome to this week’s roundup of interesting cocktail and spirits related articles plus a few fun bits of news just made for cocktail party conversation starters. Cocktail Reading Jeppson’s Malört: […]
Day Drinking and the Best Buttermilk Biscuits in Paris at Treize au Jardin
Quick Take: Treize au Jardin delivers down home goodness and boozy tea time treats If you’re already familiar with Treize from its original location, you’re gonna love their bigger, brighter […]
Balbine Spirits
This month we’ve invited Julien Maingraud into the studio. Julien is the founder of Balbine Spirits, makers of artisanal cocktails and spirits. Julien also started extraterrien.com, a blog around gin and cocktails when very few people in Paris were doing it (except maybe 52martinis.com)!
Paris bars in the World’s 50 Best List
Quicktake: This year’s Paris cocktail bars Little Red Door, Candelaria and Le Syndicat made the World’s 50 Best Bars list. Ten Paris bars have made the list over the past […]
Letter from the Editor October 2018: What to do with a passion project?
Hello Cocktails Lovers, I’ve been writing this blog for over ten years now. It’s certainly grown both in terms of numbers and content. Over recent years, I’ve started adding […]
