Currently reading. This book is playing double-duty: entertaining and also preparing me for my upcoming vacation.
Wine cocktails.
Tasting Table has a great feature on a new book, Wine Cocktails, by A.J. Rathbun. I am a big wine fan and looks like there are some interesting recipes in here for summer!
Cabernet Crusta
Recipe adapted from Wine Cocktails (Harvard Common Press)
Makes 2 drinks
3 orange slices (one for rimming, two for garnish)
Sugar
1 orange
Ice
3 ounces Cabernet Sauvignon
1 ounce orange Curaçao
1/2 ounce fresh orange juice
2 ounces simple syrup
4 dashes Angostura bitters
1. Chill two red-wine glasses. Wet the rim of each glass with an orange slice and roll it in sugar to coat only the outside of the rim.
2. Using a sharp paring knife or peeler, carefully peel the rind off the orange in one long spiral strip, avoiding the pith as much as possible. Cut it in half and carefully place a spiral in each wine glass.
3. Fill a cocktail shaker halfway full with ice. Add the Cabernet, Curaçao, orange juice, simple syrup and bitters. Shake vigorously. Add a few ice cubes to each glass. Strain the cocktail into the glasses, garnish with the remaining orange slices and serve.
Slightly obsessed.
I finished Twilight last night (in 3 days) and had to stop at Borders on my way home from work to pick up New Moon. I might be slightly obsessed now.
But hey, I had a coupon and got 30% off.
Time to start reading!
Weekend recap.
Even though it is Tuesday, I had a pretty damn good weekend:
- Friday: Had a 1/2 vacation day in the afternoon. Went to the outlet mall and thanks to Ashley, got an awesome deal on a super cute Cole Haan bag. Had too many glasses of wine at happy hour and then proceeded to try out Fedora, a new place by the Campisi daughter (I think the one who posed in Playboy), over at One Arts Plaza. Good atmosphere, a few weird clientele, one rude bartender, tasty wine and decent pizza.
- Saturday: Helped serve mimosas and took party pics at Ashley’s mom’s friends 50th birthday party, which was held in the design district at an interior design shop. I walked away with some thank you gifts - a bright teal blue vase and two candles. In the afternoon, hit the crowded mall, did some shopping and used my year old movie passes to see Twilight.
- Sunday: Slept in. Watched some move on Showtime about the Zodiac killer in CA. Went to Barnes & Noble to buy the Twilight book, went grocery shopping and spent about 4 hours reading.
All in all, a good weekend.
PS - I am probably a little late jumping on the bandwagon here, but everyone was right when they said they couldn’t put Twilight down. The movie was cheesy and I laughed through parts of it, but the books are pretty damn good. I am already 3/4 of the way through and have a trip to the bookstore planned to pick up the others.
