Category: Cocktails & Drinks

  • A simple appetizer and a simple cocktail for the holidays

    A simple appetizer and a simple cocktail for the holidays

    Speaking of cheese, I don’t know what it is, but I love a cheese ball around the holidays. They are simple to make, almost always delicious, appeal to everyone and look great with a side of Ritz. For Thursday, I got assigned an appetizer, and I’ll be making this Gruyere and Thyme Cheese Ball coated with toasted…

  • Matthew’s top three NYC cocktail experiences (for now)

    Matthew’s top three NYC cocktail experiences (for now)

    It’s damn near a tragedy when out-of-towners visit New York City and end up having a beer at some fake Irish pub that looks like the first bar Tom Cruise worked at in “Cocktail.” It’s NYC, friends. Many of the best watering holes in the entire world are clustered in neighborhoods in eastern and lower…

  • Mercury’s new menus are wildly creative

    Mercury’s new menus are wildly creative

    Hello! The new menu at Mercury — featuring a new theme, all new cocktails and many new food items — has been on my list of “things to write about” for a few weeks now. Matthew and I checked it out again last night and left wowed with the bar’s seemingly endless creativity when it comes to…