On Facebook today is International Drink Like a Pirate Day. I like the caramel coloured drink. It's great straight or mixed with fruit. My favourite rum drinks are the mojito and the caipirinha. Maybe I just like limes. Rum has a long history in the British West Indies. I would venture to say rum is synonymous with the West Indies. Some of the many other names for rum are Nelson's blood, kill-devil, demon water, pirate's drink, and Barbados water.1 Barbados…
Happy Cinco de Mayo We went to see the Avengers today in the morning. The action was intense and the dialog witty. Make sure to stay until after the second set of credits for a surprise. After the movie we went to Five Guys for lunch. We were starving and I ate too much. When leaving the restaurant I was approached by an attractive young woman who offered me some dulce de leche and told me about the specials the…
Read [Caroline's post](http://www.act1diabetes.org/2011/11/10/these-vagabond-shoes-are-longing-to-kick-back-with-a-diet-coke-after-the-new-york-city-marathon/) today about her experience training for and running the New York marathon. Hats off to her! I won't be doing any such thing anytime soon. Too much work. I'm too busy writing blog post while buzzed on a [Ti ponche](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QLL07rdAK4), a rum based drink I discovered due to an associate with [Warren Bobrow](http://cocktailwhisperer.com/). My version of the Ti punch involves pouring the rum, lime and simple syrup mixture over coconut juice ice cubes. As my wife said…
All This Rum! A New Tiki Bar Cocktail (Williams-Sonoma Taste) This post comes to us courtesy of writer and mixologist Warren Bobrow. Ever since I sat as a Rum Judge at the 2010 Ministry of Rum tasting competition in San Francisco, the whole direction of my spirits-writing career has changed. I used to only write about wine. Then a flash went off: wine ... This man, Warren Bobrow knows what he is talking about. Rum is a spirit woven from…
One of my favorite summer time drinks. Great recipe on the Food Network. I used six packets of Splenda instead of sugar, Trinidadian 10 Cane Rum and fresh Mojito mint from my garden planter (see it in the background).…
