http://www.hamptons.com//column.php A Hamptons.com Column en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:24:48 -0500 editor@hamptons.com (Nicole Brewer) webmaster@hamptons.com (Mike Goodsell) http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Top-Stories/9303/Wicked-Concoctions-For-Your-Monster-Mash.html Pass on the sherbet punch and hold the usual spirits this Halloween and instead spice up your wicked holiday party with one of these sinister concoctions that promise to bring out the devil in you. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:39:06 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Top-Stories/9303/Wicked-Concoctions-For-Your-Monster-Mash.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Main-Articles/9140/Akvinta-Vodka-Announces-U.S.-Launch.html Akvinta Vodka, the first Mediterranean luxury vodka, has launched in the U.S. and is currently available in New York, New Jersey and California. Akvinta was first introduced in New York as the official vodka of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:08:19 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Main-Articles/9140/Akvinta-Vodka-Announces-U.S.-Launch.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/9326/Bamboos-Clementine-Martini.html A local East End favorite, particularly on Thursdays when Happy Hour consists of free sushi at the bar and half-priced "Saketinis" (Sake Martinis), a cocktail from Bamboo of East Hampton is featured in this installment of our Mixology series. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:45:57 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/9326/Bamboos-Clementine-Martini.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/9023/The-Drivers-Seat-Long-Island-Iced-Tea.html Long Island is famous for many things - Long Island potatoes, Long Island ducks and Long Island clams. Although the Long Island wine industry had already been harvesting grapes for over a decade at the time, its alcohol related international fame first came in the form of a cocktail, the Long Island Iced Tea. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:13:55 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/9023/The-Drivers-Seat-Long-Island-Iced-Tea.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Main-Articles/9250/In-A-Blind-Taste-Test-Local-LiV-Vodka-Holds-Its.html At an exclusive vodka tasting held at Hamptons Wines & Liquors on Pantigo Road in East Hampton, Long Island Vodka (LiV), an East End craft distillery, beat out several major international names in the industry. Yes, the potato rules again! Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:03:20 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Main-Articles/9250/In-A-Blind-Taste-Test-Local-LiV-Vodka-Holds-Its.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/8903/Almonds-Plum-Sake-Mojito.html Large quantities of stone fruit had been dropping from trees behind Almond American Bistro, so mixologist Kevin Tunney decided to develop a new cocktail program that features the locally sourced fruit in new ways. Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:57:35 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/8903/Almonds-Plum-Sake-Mojito.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Main-Articles/8937/The-Bar-At-The-Palm-At-The-Huntting-Inn.html As I stated in the first installment of this Oak Bar series, many great oak bars are found in great hotels all around the world. On the East End one such bar is at The Palm Restaurant at the Huntting Inn in East Hampton. Believe me, this intimate beauty fulfills all the requirements. Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:03:11 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Main-Articles/8937/The-Bar-At-The-Palm-At-The-Huntting-Inn.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/8686/Cointreau-Pearl-The-Newest-Sensation-In.html So how does a rough around the edges, straight gin drinker like this reporter get assigned to cover a new cocktail sensation called Cointreau Pearls? The old expression, "Like pearls to swine" had to be rattling around my editor's mind at the time. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:25:17 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/8686/Cointreau-Pearl-The-Newest-Sensation-In.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/8188/Gin-Returns-The-Bombay-Sapphire-Aston-Martini.html It seems that this summer gin is back, Bombay Sapphire specifically. We got the heads up that many of the Hampton's toney nightspots are highlighting Sapphire inspired cocktails. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:53:37 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/8188/Gin-Returns-The-Bombay-Sapphire-Aston-Martini.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/7534/The-Classic-Scotch-Old-Fashioned-A.html A classic, old-fashioned cocktail for this week's recipe - appropriately called a Scotch "Old-Fashioned." This cocktail is considered by many to actually be the first drink ever referred to as a cocktail. Fri, 22 May 2009 14:16:48 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/7534/The-Classic-Scotch-Old-Fashioned-A.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/8008/The-Classic-Negroni.html Jimmy Angelo, head bartender at The Restaurant at the Inn in Quogue, mixes up a true classic that dates back to the 1890s - the classic Negroni. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:44:28 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/8008/The-Classic-Negroni.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/7296/Derby-Day-In-A-Glass-Why-The-Mint-Julep-Reigns.html Okay, so you were out and about at your favorite Kentucky Derby party drinking one or just watched it on television wishing you had one, in any case the Mint Julep is a great drink anytime throughout the summer. Tue, 05 May 2009 14:29:23 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/7296/Derby-Day-In-A-Glass-Why-The-Mint-Julep-Reigns.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/6973/Serving-Up-The-Ponquogue-Painkiller.html An occasional bartender since 1981, Greg Johnson has worked at The Inn Spot in Hampton Bays for nearly four years. During that time he has concocted the "The Ponquogue Painkiller," an adapted version of a recipe that hails from Soggy Dollar Bar in the British West Indies. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:57:39 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/6973/Serving-Up-The-Ponquogue-Painkiller.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/5901/Toasting-To-The-New-Year.html Planning a party at your home for New Year's Eve requires a myriad of lists - a guest list, the menu, the set-up, and more. Setting up your bar is another list that is often overlooked until the last minute. This time plan ahead and only get the essentials - plenty of ice, beer, a few bottles of wine, and instead of going for a full bar, choose one signature drink. Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:02:15 -0500 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/5901/Toasting-To-The-New-Year.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/4113/Tropical-Tiki-Colada-By-Pure-Cool.html Ever wonder how the stars stay so thin and in shape? Beyond the personal trainers, celebrity diets, and plastic surgery some stars actually eat right and cut out the sweets. Well - one sweet the stars are keeping in their regimen is Pure Cool flavored water. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:57:45 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/4113/Tropical-Tiki-Colada-By-Pure-Cool.html http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/3966/Blueberry-Cosmo-From-Barristers-Restaurant.html During the summer it's easy to go for the quick and easy Margarita, Mojito, or Daiquiri but for a sweet, but not too sweet, change try a Blueberry Cosmo at Barristers Restaurant in Southampton. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:14:58 -0400 http://www.hamptons.com/Food-And-Wine/Mixology/3966/Blueberry-Cosmo-From-Barristers-Restaurant.html