This version of an Espresso Martini cocktail is made with spiced coffee flavoured espresso, vodka, coffee liqueur, and maple syrup to give you that pick me up needed when your dancing feet begin to tire. New Year’s Eve parties are great fun and always something to stay up for but you can flag come 11 o’clock even if your night is just the two of you in front of the…
The sun is shining and we are making cocktails. Cherry Blossom Martinis. The trees are heavy with blossom boasting their colours and promise of bountiful fruit to come. I couldn’t help think that if the fruit from the cherry tree in my garden tastes so good then surely the blossom must equally taste good. So I came up with the idea to make a syrup and of course a cocktail.…
We took a little Lake District holiday which inspired a woodland martini recipe (more…)
When you have a houseful of guests staying overnight and you've had a wild night talking, eating, dancing and perhaps a little drinking there is nothing better than the sobering thought of a late brunch. In the hope that a carb-loading brunch will revive and heal you here is the ultimate "cure" of a Bloody Mary. Depending on how hard you partied the night before then I leave it with you…
Never has the Danish term Hygge been more relevant as the weather turns colder by the day and our need to hunker down and embrace cosy jumpers and woolly blankets increases. Hygge also covers the need of shelter and have the feeling of safety. This has been all to evident for us as the beach hut was broken into again – twice in as many weeks. Getting upset and…