Drinks

This one, my friends, is a stretch. When the call went out to create a team-themed recipe as part two of our three-part football recipe extravaganza, I figured I could make one of two things: more Cincinnati chili or a striped bundt cake. I dragged my feet and dragged my feet some more until it was time to turn in our recipes. It was then I realized my Cincinnati Bengal fan counterpart chose a striped bundt cake. I was equal parts relived and panicked. I no longer had to bake a cake, but I no ...

When it comes to drinks, I am a beer gal. More specifically, I am a beer babe. But I would love to be a whiskey woman. Technically, I am a whiskey woman, but only because the group does not recognize membership milestones.  If that were the case, I would very much be a whiskey girl working my way up. At the last Whiskey Drink-Up I attended, I ordered a blackberry old fashioned that I took one sip of and that was that. My friend graciously traded me her chocolate mint julep, and that, I could ...

What’s your favorite color? I like shades of blue, and the more those shades of blue resemble the waters surrounding a Caribbean island, the better.  My preference for teal-streaked turquoise is followed closely by red, quite possibly because I bleed scarlet and gray. As for yellows, greens, and oranges, well you can take them or leave them.  “But I love green,” you think to yourself. Or maybe you think green is for the birds, but you can’t get enough of buttery yellows and fiery oranges. My ...