Move Over T. Rex

The blurb on the lower left of this clip is I hope referring to my awesome transformation into Mardi Gras Glam Rock Goddess.  No?  Ok.  I know.  I need a new wig.  And I need to take better care of my voice! But I do love how my king cake fascinator looks on camera.  And I do love how this daiquiri tastes.   Watch me make it below.  



Its my favorite time of year here in New Orleans.  King Cake for breakfast, day drinking and gym everyday to balance the debauchery.  Every night I sleep on a pile of tinsel, glitter and false eyelashes.

Le bon temp roule here in New Orleans, my dears!

King Cake Daiquiri

2 oz white rum
1 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz Cocktail & Sons King Cake Syrup
mist of absinthe

Shake all but the absinthe in a mixing tin with cracked ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass misted or rinsed with absinthe.

King Cake Old Fashioned

Epicurious makes me and SoBou look good.

Mardi Gras has ended here and while I recuperate in bed I will regal you with tales of King Cake babies frozen in Ice cubes.

Yup I create a King Cake Old Fashioned for the Mardi Gras season (Starting on January 6th, Twelfth Night) and the initial response is that the babies in the drink, serving as a garnish, could be a choking hazard.  Not, "What great Idea!  I can't wait to taste it!  What a creative use of local products!  How proud of your job and your new home you must me to create such a wonder form local products!  You have captured all the flavor of a King Cake, without resulting to a sweet cloying cocktail!?!  This one has backbone and bite!"  Choking.  Hazard.  Am I serving Babies now?

Luckily I figured out a creative solution to that too!  I froze the babies in the ice cube.  Needless to say, it was a big hit and I received some wonderful press from it as well!  I have a recipe published on Epicurious.com! So go put that in your recipe box!

And check out GoNola's round up of King Cake inspired drinks.

And take me home tonight (cue the Eddie Money song)

And for pete's sake, Sam!  Turn the camera sideways!!!!  I am surrounded by amateurs! (insert sarcastic eye roll here)