Tori Avey

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Beverages

Here you’ll find Tori’s collection of beverage recipes. From ice cream floats with homemade raspberry simple syrup, to an assortment of cocktails with mocktail variations, you’ll find simple recipes to sip on all year long.

Many of these recipes also feature a side of history, like the Bees Knees cocktail popularized during the time of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Smoking Bishop mentioned in Charles Dickens’ A Chrismas Carol. 

If you like to make things from scratch, you’ll enjoy exploring the components of each beverage recipe, including homemade simple syrups using fresh fruit and herbs and flavor-infused vodkas made with natural ingredients (which also double as great gifts!). And if fermentation is your thing, be sure to check out instructions for making homemade Ginger Beer.

 

Horizontal shot - frozen watermelon lemonade drinks on a countertop garnished with slices of watermelon on the glasses. On the side, a bowl of fresh watermelon slices, a striped yellow towel.

Frozen Watermelon Lemonade

Close up shot - two unstemmed wine glasses filled with red wine Thanksgiving sangria, fresh fruit slices - apples and grapes floating in the cups. Linen towel beside the cups. On a white marble countertop with three cinnamon sticks, a platter of fruit - apple, grapes, pears - and a large pitcher of sangria in the background.

Thanksgiving Sangria

Horizontal shot - two tall glasses of bright pink berry ice cream floats with vanilla ice cream and cream. Soda floats are garnished with whipped cream, a fresh raspberry, and a red and white straw.

Berry Vanilla Ice Cream Float

Horizontal shot of two short glasses filled with a frozen watermelon rum cocktail, garnished with fresh mint. Slices of watermelon sit on top of a wooden cutting board on the left side.

Watermelon Rum Cocktail

Horizontal shot of a strawberry basil cocktail in martini glass, garnished with a sprig of basil. A steel cocktail shaker sits off to the right side.

Strawberry Basil Cocktail

Horizontal shot of two martini glasses filled with a lemon vanilla vodka drink garnished with a lemon peel twist.

Lemon Vanilla Vodka Cocktail

Vertical shot of four champagne flutes filled with a bright red pomegranate cocktail. Pomegranate arils are floating in the cocktails and scattered around the table.

Pomegranate Champagne Cocktail

Vertical shot of a short cocktail glass filled with a cucumber martini recipe, garnished with slices of fresh cucumber.

Cucumber Martini

Horizontal shot of an orange creamsicle cocktail in a martini glass garnished with orange twist, on a wood and marble cutting board. Towel and orange with slices in background.

Orange Creamsicle

Horizontal angled shot of two cosmos - red cranberry vodka cosmopolitan cocktails in martini glasses on top of a round wooden serving tray. A sliced lime sits behind the glass on the right.

Kosher Cocktails for Purim

Horizontal shot of two martini glasses filled with a bright red blood orange cocktail. Both are garnished with a sprig of fresh rosemary. A sliced blood orange and more rosemary sit off to the left.

Blood Orange Cocktail with Rosemary

Horizontal shot of lemon cocktail in a tall glass, garnished with a sprig of fresh mint. A sliced lemon and another sprig of mint sit off to the right side.

The Purim Pucker – Lemon Mint Cocktail

Horizontal shot of two red cosmopolitan cocktails in martini glasses on top of a round wooden serving tray. A sliced lime sits behind the glass on the right.

Cranberry Vodka Cosmo Cocktail

Horizontal shot of two red cocktails in tall glasses filled with ice. A sliced lime sits next to the glass on the right.

Beer Cocktail with Vodka, Rum and Grenadine

Horizontal shot of three kir royale drinks with Moscato. Cocktails in champagne flutes sitting on a round wooden serving tray. Fresh raspberries are scattered across the tray and a dish of fresh raspberries sits off to the left.

Raspberry Moscato Cocktail

Two cocktail glasses filled with a red beverage and garnished with a sprig of basil and a strawberry.

Sparkling Strawberry Basil Tonic

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