The Lambs Club Cocktail on UMAMIMART

March is going out with a bang! So try the classic Lambs Club Cocktail, a New York original, before it gets too warm outside.

Lambs Club Cocktail (1915)

“Floreant Agni” (May the Lambs Flourish)
- Motto of the original Lambs theatre club

The month of March is supposed to end like a Lamb but Mother Nature is not playing nice–it is still 30˚F outside! Nevertheless, this week’s cocktail captures winter’s last stand and book ends the month quite nicely! The Lambs Club Cocktail is midway between the light crispness of a spring cocktail and a heavy aromatic cocktail of the winter. The proportions are 2:1 vermouths to gin–a “perfect” martini if you will. Gin, a popular spirit for warmer months is tempered by the fortified flavor of not one but two variations of vermouth. The monastically produced Bénédictine blesses the cocktail with bar spoon of herbal sweetness.

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The Bloody Caesar on UMAMIMART

Bloody Caesar M.Wells Style

My stint as guest drinks writer for UMAMIMART food blog continues for the month of March. This week I sing the praises of the long neglected  Bloody Caesar!


"When selecting a mid-March cocktail for this article, I was tempted to go the easy route with a St. Patrick’s Day whiskey drink. Then this weekend, I had the fortune to dine at Magasin Wells (aka M.Wells), the critically acclaimed Québécois-American diner in Long Island City, Queens.
M.Wells’ haute comfort food menu and greasy spoon aesthetic were beyond sublime. However, they merit their own article devoted to what I can only describe as veritable cibo matto. Whelks in garlic and butter sauce for breakfast? Yes, ma’am! Now, the featured brunch cocktail, The Bloody Caesar, is right up my alley for the Ides of March!"


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Lion's Tail Cocktail on UMAMIMART and Liquorious.com

The Lion's Tail

March, as the idiom goes, comes in like a Lion, and goes out like a Lamb. This month may bring us spring-like temperatures, but also one more blizzard for the road. Winter’s last blast requires a libation celebrating the flavors of the season and is worthy of the ferocity of the month’s namesake, Mars, the Roman God of War.

Meet the Lion’s Tail, the last winter cocktail you will order.

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The post was also selected by Liquorious.com

Apologies I've Been Moonlighting

Apologies that I have been remiss in my Loungerati posting. I have been guest blogging the Happy Hour column at foodie website Umamimart for the past two weeks. Here links to my two articles:

Stiff Drinks for the Season

The Bensonhurst Cocktail

 Mi Amo Amaro in My Cocktails

Paper Plane Cocktail

This month I will be sampling Bols Genever, Averna, and Barenjager liqueurs in my cocktails among many others.