Thanksgiving Tag

With Thanksgiving and Christmas quickly approaching, it’s time to get into a holiday mindset – and what better way to do that than with some cocktail recipes that are sure to make you feel extra jolly? Our friends at Smirnoff have created 8 special Smirnoff cocktails just for this holiday season, featuring both the classic Smirnoff 21 vodka, and the limited-release, seasonally-minded Smirnoff Peppermint Twist and Smirnoff Kissed Caramel vodkas. These cocktails are sure to impress friends and family alike this holiday season. So, get into the holiday spirit withRead More

Before you head home and celebrate Thanksgiving with your family this holiday season, you should first partake in a Friendsgiving – one to be celebrated a little more wildly than with your parents. To get you in the festive mood, here are some cocktail recipes that will make you extremely thankful for liquor this November. Vanilla Hot Toddy 1.25 oz. Crown Royal Vanilla 1 tsp fine grain sugar 2 small cloves 1.5 oz. boiling water Add Crown Royal Vanilla, fine grain sugar and cloves in a mug. Add boiling water. StirRead More

Thanksgiving is a time when most everyone is home for the holidays. Whether you’re catching up with old friends on Thanksgiving Eve – one of the most popular bar nights in America – or kicking back for a few drinks after Thanksgiving dinner with your family, delicious cocktails can complement all the fantastic food you’ll be enjoying. The recipes below, from Captain Morgan, have the potential to become staples of your holiday arsenal. Be thankful for family, friends, food, AND rum this Thanksgiving! Check out these tasty recipes. The Captain Cider Ingredients:Read More

Post-friendsgiving and pre-ginger-ale ordering at a bar because the fear of vomiting after the many mixes and matches of food and drinks was real, a friend inquired about my plans to go home for both holidays. “You’re going home for Thanksgiving and Christmas?” He asked, surprised at the repeated venture, requiring an airline flight or ten hour car ride a matter of weeks away from one another. I gushed to him about how significant the holidays were to me, my brother was extremely sick a couple years ago and the morbid fearRead More

Every weekday morning, I turn on the news to hear voices.  It is unlikely that I will engage in active listening before I’ve had my first cup of coffee. However, hearing the weatherman’s warm voice and seeing the traffic reporter in full hair and makeup reminds me that there are other souls awake.  As a non-morning person, this daily routine inspires me to get up and stay up.  Sometimes I’ll drink my coffee and pause for a second to hear what my news anchor friends are blabbing about.  Last Monday, before 7am, they toldRead More

Thanksgiving is upon us, and while your mother is obsessing over the green bean casserole and complaining that the stuffing didn’t come “just right”, you’re mentally preparing for the day. From the hangover your already dreading after tonight’s #TGE parties, to the food coma that will follow the feast, to the prodding questions about your love life and future from your great Aunt Betty. But why not spice up your Thanksgiving this year (no pun intended) with some simple and quick pumpkin-themed treats that are sure to be crowd pleasers.Read More

Sometime after Halloween, when the radio started drowning in Christmas music and Starbucks reintroduced their eggnog latte, a ball of dread started to grow in my gut.  And it continues to grow as big as the mall Santa’s beer belly until I will be faced with the very event that inspires this trepidation: Thanksgiving dinner.  Where relatives abound and the most burning hunger is not for turkey, but for details of my personal life.  I am thankful for the wine that will help me survive their  predictable questions.  It mightRead More

Looking for a new beverage to keep you and your family members just a little bit warmer over this Holiday weekend? Look no further than the latest edition to Crown Royal’s line of whiskeys – Crown Royal Regal Apple. I was able to give this exciting new whiskey a try last weekend, and it will definitely be a staple of my liquor cabinet this winter. Crown Royal Regal Apple is fantastic on its own – whether as a shot or on the rocks – but I found that it isRead More

We all have that one Aunt or Grandparent that asks too many questions about your life at Thanksgiving dinner, and frankly, you don’t have the energy or care to answer them. It is annoying; it is a waste of breath; and you are most likely just going to be yelled at for whatever answer you give them, even if you’re telling them something good. You’re never right and they’re never wrong. Here are the generic, irritating and useless questions I’m sure we all have received at least once:   1.Read More

The holiday season is upon us! Rejoice! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, full of good times with family, friends, and credit card debt. While the holidays are wonderful, they do present their own set of challenges. Here are some typical trying scenarios and some creative solutions to help you successfully navigate the holiday season.     Scenario One: Your Aunt Cathy is convinced she has a gluten allergy. Unfortunately, Cathy hosts Thanksgiving every year. She plans on subjecting your entire family to a gluten-free Thanksgiving dinner, withRead More

Unlike in today’s world, food was scarcely available to our ancient ancestors. The cavemen had to hunt and gather for their food and eat tiny scraps that were barely enough to survive on. Food was not consumed for its taste, but for the pure purpose of providing energy and life. A handful of berries, a few slimy bugs, or better yet, a bloody, fatty, raw morsel of squirrel meat was considered good eatin’ for the day. Hell, in my anthropology class about the ancient Aztecs, I learned that the mostRead More