How to make a Smoked Prickly Pear Sour with vodka, mezcal, prickly pear syrup, and lime, finished with a smoked salt rim.

How to make a Mint & Pine Snowfall Spritz with homemade mint and pine needle simple syrups, gin, and sparkling wine. Mocktail ...

How to Make Fall Simple Syrups for cocktail recipes, including apple, pumpkin, fig, cinnamon, nut, spices and tea flavors, ...

It’s HOT right now in Southern California, and the little A/C units in my house can’t keep up, making my house a little oven most of the day. Naturally, that meant I had to work on some mocktails for ...

Of all the spirit-plus-tonic cocktail combinations, tequila tonic isn’t used nearly enough. The mineral, grassy quality of a good blanco tequila and the bitter quinine in tonic water complement each ...

Strawberries and summer just go hand in hand. And one of the best ways to capture their sweet, juicy flavor? Turn them into simple syrup. I started making this when I had a carton of strawberries ...

Fresh cranberries bring tartness and vibrant color to the Cranberry Rosemary Gin Smash, while rosemary syrup adds an herbal warmth, and the gin keeps everything crisp and clean. Topped with soda water ...

If you’ve never made your own flavored simple syrup, fig is the place to start. It’s ridiculously easy, uses minimal ingredients, and the result is this gorgeous, amber-hued syrup that tastes like ...

Looking for a cocktail that’s as beautiful as it is delicious? The Blueberry Lavender Sour is a vibrant, floral, and tangy drink that balances fruity sweetness with botanical depth. Happily, I have a ...

Delicate, floral, and sparkling, the Lavender Elderflower Spritz is a cocktail that feels like a garden party in a glass. Lavender syrup and elderflower liqueur bring soft, botanical sweetness, while ...

Elegant, floral, and refreshingly light, the Earl Grey & Lavender Spritz is the kind of drink that feels at home at brunch, in the garden, or during a slow afternoon unwind. The citrusy bergamot notes ...

Nectarines are one of those summer fruits I can never get enough of—sweet, juicy, and just a little tangy. I’m trying to grow them here in Southern California, but so far I’ve only gotten a few ...