Tailgating

Well Packers Fans, here we are!  It’s the season opener.  We need to start at the one and only appropriate place: Tailgate Punch.  Here’s how you make it: Ingredients 1 quart blood orange soda, chilled 2 cups lemonade, chilled Two 12-ounce cans peach nectar, chilled 1 1/2 cups vodka, optional Directions In a half-gallon pitcher,…

It’s time to get ready for . . . Tailgate Season.  You thought we were going to say football season, didn’t you?  We are here to help you with what you need to know to be ready.  Here we have the recipe for the Bacon Cheeseburger Garbage Bread.  No one really needs a new reason…

Being a diehard football fan does not mean you have to eat like a brute.  Here is a quick and healthy recipe that embraces the season of bountiful fresh produce broadly available at your local farmers market in late summer.  And for only 250 calories, it offers 10 grams of protein and over five grams…

On National Scotch Day (and on a great summer Saturday), we wanted to highlight the most famous Scotch cocktail around, the Rob Roy.  While it’s certainly possible to screw up this drink, it’s such a simple formulation that, with just a little attention to detail, even the most distracted bartender can come up with something…

One of the hottest trends in the spirits world in recent years has been Moonshine.  Why is moonshine making a comeback? Because it’s enjoyable. Because it hails from the days of the prohibition, and is therefore “cool.”  Moonshine is essentially whiskey as it comes out of the still: no oak barrels, no caramel color, no…

On National Cheese Day, we wanted to share three cheese and cracker combos worth remembering when we get into tailgating season. The Anytime, Anywhere Combo Cheese: Gouda On: Carr’s Table Water Crackers and Oblong Water Crackers Pair with: sliced apple or hazelnuts Spice it up with: apple chutney The Classic Spanish Combo Cheese: Manchego On: Carr’s Cream Crackers (rich) and English Wafer Crackers (light…

There’s something special about gin and springtime. For those that want to ring in the warmer weather in class, try The Gibson (it’s Mad Men’s Roger Sterling’s go-to). • 2 oz. London dry gin • 3/4 oz. dry vermouth • 3-4 cocktail onions, skewered Shake gin and vermouth with plenty of ice, and strain into…

Sure, we love football! But other sports are exciting as well. Horse racing, for example. Until the Kentucky Derby this past weekend, it seemed that the one thing we could all agree upon was which horse won in a horse race. But now that we have another topic over which to debate, drink up and…