by Brian | Oct 21, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I had thought blackberry season was over. But there was a stack of boxes of blackberries sitting at Sam’s club. I picked one up and asked my wife, “Blackberry margarita?’ “Yes.” I went very blackberry this time. I tasted one berry and, this late in the season,...
by Brian | Jul 15, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Mangos are curious cocktail ingredients. Much like bananas — in those banana daquiris you may have enjoyed — mangoes give you a drink with “body.” You are quite, quite aware of this texture as you drink and swallow. There is substance to this sweetness. Because...
by Brian | Feb 22, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, TBT
It’s National Margarita Day so we need margaritas. Or, even better, variations like The Paloma made with grapefruit juice. This recipe comes from a wonderful regional cookbook: The Texas Cowboy Kitchen by Grady Spears and June Naylor....
by Brian | Nov 30, 2017 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, TBT
I can drink margaritas the year round. So can Suzi. Hence, we are married. When these holidays roll around, and cranberries are abundant, then a festive cranberry margarita cannot be surpassed. The cranberry syrup/gel here is marvelous with other beverage...
by Brian | Jul 2, 2017 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Strawberry margarita? Sure. Berries into the blender. Raspberry? Yes, same thing. Blackberry. Uh, no. The seeds, the seeds. You can’t just put the blackberries into that blender with the booze. Those seeds will percolate onto your tongue and destroy the joy of a...