St. Cecelia Society Punch

Happy new year, everyone! I began 2011 by hosting a New Year’s Eve party for 15 guests, and what better […]

Posted in 5 Stars, Apricot Brandy, Baker Drinks, Champagne, Club Soda, Cognac, Lemon, Pineapple, Rum, Sugar, Tea (Green) on January 4, 2011 – 7:24 am | Comments (1)

Angel’s Cherry

Oh, boy, another pousse-café! Baker coyly states that the “title meaning is debatable.” Not really. This is the first drink […]

Posted in 3 Stars, Baker Drinks, Benedictine, Cognac, Cream, Damiana on December 29, 2010 – 9:46 am | Comments (3)

Sahara Glowing Heart Cocktail

This one came to Baker, and therefore to us, “from the Hands of one Abdullah an Arab Muslim Wizard back […]

Posted in 3 Stars, Absinthe, Apricot Brandy, Apricot Eau-De-Vie, Baker Drinks, Gin, Grenadine on December 27, 2010 – 7:55 am | Comments (0)

Lalla Rookh Cocktail

Charles H. Baker, Jr., was given his recipe for the Lalla Rookh Cocktail “on a Trip Home from Yokohama in […]

Posted in 4 Stars, Baker Drinks, Cognac, Cream, Non-Baker Drinks, Rum, Sugar, Vanilla Cordial on December 19, 2010 – 11:26 pm | Comments (1)

Riding Club Cocktail

This drink is the progenitor of the slightly better-known Montauk Riding Club Cocktail. It first saw print in 1895, when […]

Posted in 5 Stars, Angostura Bitters, Baker Drinks, Boker's Bitters, Calisaya on December 3, 2010 – 6:42 am | Comments (3)

Champagne Velvet à la Marmion (Champagne Velvet No. II)

The second Champagne Velvet is a whole lot like the first, but it uses Bass Ale in place of Guinness: […]

Posted in 3 Stars, Baker Drinks, Bass Ale, Champagne on December 1, 2010 – 11:00 pm | Comments (0)

Mariveles Velvet (Champagne Velvet No. I)

Baker identifies this as a drink from the Manila Polo Club, which he fulsomely describes as a place that “not […]

Posted in 4 Stars, Baker Drinks, Champagne, Guinness on November 30, 2010 – 8:33 pm | Comments (0)

French Tri-Colour

The march of the pousse-cafés continues with this drink, about which Baker has nothing whatsoever to say. I’ll reproduce his […]

Posted in 1 Star, Baker Drinks, Crème Yvette, Grenadine, Maraschino on November 30, 2010 – 6:41 am | Comments (0)

Kelly’s Shamrock Special

Apparently a bartender in Panama whipped up this little number to celebrate two of Baker’s friends being released from the […]

Posted in 2 Stars, Baker Drinks, Crème de Menthe (Green), Egg White, Gin, Lime, Sugar on November 28, 2010 – 3:24 pm | Comments (5)

Jersey Lily

Oh, God, the first of the pousse-cafés. I’ve been dreading this day. A pousse-café, of course, is a drink that […]

Posted in 4 Stars, Angostura Bitters, Baker Drinks, Chartreuse (Green), Cognac on November 23, 2010 – 7:56 am | Comments (1)