SAVE THE DATE
This Thursday, I had the pleasure of teaching the art of making cocktails at an event called Save the Date. Save the date is an organization that originating in New York and fills the dating need in Los Angeles. This organization joins singles for networking at various events to meet attractive and successful group of individuals looking for that special someone. These candidates commonly lack the time to find their mate with the financial gloom of late.
Founders of Save the Date(ing) personally meet with every prospective member to see if they would be a good fit for the group. Those who make the cut, dish out $250 quarterly in membership dues and pay a la cart per event they attend. The vetting system the ladies use is meant to ensure quality in the membership base, and from the event I attended, it seemed to work quite well. For more information on Save the Date(ing) or to apply to become a member, please visit www.savethedateing.com.
This Thursday event was a called “Martini Madness”, a hands on course where each participant was giving the bar tools necessary to make four different gin/vodka cocktails. The cocktails created in class were :
Cucumber Daiquiri
1.5 oz Tanqueray gin
3 Cucumbers
Fresh Mint
¾ oz Lime Juice
1 oz Simple Syrup
Lime Wheel
Served chilled in a martini glass
preparation: In a mixing glass, muddle cucumbers, mint and simple syrup, add the remaining ingredients, shake
with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with lime wedge
The Graduate
1.5 oz Smirnoff vodka
1 oz fresh pressed apple juice (i recommend red orchard)
.5 oz Canton Ginger Liq
.5 oz Simple syrup
.5 oz Lemon Juice
Served in a chilled martini glass garnished with a candied ginger
Preperation: Add the ingredients into the mixing glass, add ice and shake, double strain into a chilled martini glass
Garnish with candied ginger
Smoky Martini
.25 oz Lagavulan single malt scotch
3 oz Smirnoff vodka
Served chilled in a martini glass
Direction: Fill the mixing glass with ice, add in Lagavulan, stir until the ice is coated with scotch, strain out into a shot glass, leaving the ice in the mixing glass. Next add in the Smirnoff, stir until cold, strain into a martini glass. Garnish with olives.
