Beverage - cocktails

DRINKING CHOCOLATE: A hot drink for a cold day

Cinda Chavich

Dec 21, 2022

DRINKING CHOCOLATE: A hot drink for a cold day

It's the winter solstice — shortest day and longest night of the year — and I have some tips and recipes for hot chocolate drinks and...

Making Margaritas: Recipes for National Tequila Day

Cinda Chavich

Jul 15, 2022

Beverage

Making Margaritas: Recipes for National Tequila Day

July 24 is National Tequila Day and this collection of recipes from Canadian mixologists showcase blue agave tequila in modern margaritas.

RECIPES: A cocktail party for pollinators

Cinda Chavich

Jun 11, 2022

Around Victoria

RECIPES: A cocktail party for pollinators

A cocktail kit from The Bar Cart, featuring the honey-based spirits from Vancouver Island's Wayward Distillery, helps save the bees.

ALL SHOOK UP: Exploring Victoria's cocktail culture

Cinda Chavich

Jun 30, 2021

Beverage

ALL SHOOK UP: Exploring Victoria's cocktail culture

Dip into this snapshot of cocktail culture in BC's capital city, where small scale distillers and mighty mixologists ply their tasty trades.

Cinda Chavich

May 24, 2021

Beverage

SPIRITS: Victoria's indigo Empress Gin

Empress 1908 Gin, made by Victoria Distillers, celebrates the city's Empress Hotel with a royal purple hue and an international cachet

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