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Cocktails from the RI Home Show

April 2, 2011 / Jpogash / Uncategorized / No Comments

Jonathan’s Mojito

3 lime wedges

1 heaping tsp. agave nectar

8-10 mint leaves

1 1/2 oz. light or dark rum

Directions: Muddle the limes and mint in the agave nectar. Add the rum and ice and shake. Pour into a rocks or old fashioned glass.

Jonathan’s Cosmo

1 oz. vodka

3/4 oz. grand marnier

3/4 oz. fresh lime juice

1 tsp. agave nectar

3/4 oz. cranberry juice

Directions: Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

Garnish: lime wheel

Spring in Cork

3 blackberries
1 sprig of lavender
1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
1 heaping tsp. agave nectar
1 1/2 oz. Jameson Irish Whiskey

Directions: Muddle the blackberries and lavender in the lemon and agave nectar. Add Jameson and shake well with ice. Fine strain into chilled cocktail glass.

Garnish: blackberry on rim and lavender sprig

Spring Cocktails featured on WNBC Weekend Today in NY

March 22, 2011 / Jpogash / Uncategorized / No Comments

Raspberry-Marmalade Sour

1 tsp. orange marmalade

4 raspberries

2 oz. Russian Standard Vodka

1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice

3/4 oz. simple syrup

Directions: Shake well and strain into chilled martini glass.

Garnish: orange slice

Flowers & Passion

1 1/2 oz. Flor de Cana 7 yr old rum

3/4 oz. St. Germain elderflower liqueur

3/4 oz. passionfruit juice (or ½ fresh passionfruit)

1/2 oz. fresh lime juice

sparkling wine or champagne

handful of mint leaves

Directions: Shake well (except for sparkling/champagne) and strain over ice into wine glass. Top w/ sparkling wine.

Garnish: mint sprig and lime wheel

Spring Nights (punch bowl drink)

1 oz. Lucid Absinthe

1 oz. Old Tom gin

2 strawberries, 2 blackberries

1/2 oz. Ginger syrup

3/4 oz. fresh orange juice

Directions: Muddle the berries in the ginger syrup and orange juice. Add remaining ingredients and shake well with ice and strain over ice.

Garnish: sliced strawberries and blackberries

Valentine’s Day Cocktails

February 14, 2011 / Jpogash / Uncategorized / No Comments

Hi friends:

First off, a very Happy Valentine’s Day to those lovers out there. Have a special day!

Secondly, if you would care to mix up a cocktail of your own for that special someone, please check out the video below of myself mixing up some “His and Hers” cocktails on Weekend Today in NY on WNBC-TV:

Healthy Cocktails

February 2, 2011 / Jpogash / Uncategorized / No Comments

We all know that alcohol has some health benefits, right?

How about cocktails? What about mixed drinks that include healing herbs and spices?

Our friends at “Quintessence” wrote this lovely blog post that features Wedding Cocktail Design creator and founder Jonathan Pogash. Learn about Molecular Mixology, and which ingredients are the best to put into your sacred temple:

Mixology & The Healthy Cocktail

Brides & Cocktails

January 25, 2011 / Jpogash / Uncategorized / No Comments

What can I say, other than New England Brides Rock!

Thank you to those who visited our table at this year’s Southern New England Bridal Expo on Sunday, January 9th. We enjoyed mixing up some of our signature drinks for you to taste. We were in good company, sharing the “Spirits & Wine Pavillion” with wine-makers from the area. I’ve always been enamored of Sakonnet Vineyards and Westport Rivers Winery – if you haven’t tried their stuff, please do yourselves a favor and grab some.

The Providence Convention Center was a great venue to showcase the vendors that made up the bridal expo. Everyone from dress-makers to caterers to invitation-designers strutted their stuff to the nearly 1500 brides, bridesmaids, mothers of the brides, etc. who showed up.

We’ve included some photos from the weekend, as well as the signature drinks we mixed up.

Enjoy!

There’s our table…all nicely set up and ready for the rush.

What a well attended expo!

The betrothed team: Jonathan and Megan

Hal in the corner furiously cutting garnishes…stand up straight, Hal! We’re workin’ here!

The recipe for my “Ginger Pomegranate Sparkler”:

1/2 oz. Chambord liqueur

3/4 oz. Pomegranate juice

1/4 tsp. finely minced ginger

3 oz. sparkling wine

Directions: Shake in a cocktail shaker the first 3 ingredients, then strain into a chilled champagne flute. Top with the sparkling wine.

Garnish: candied ginger slice

The WCD Team at the Bridal Expo in Providence, RI

New England Wedding Punch

1 1/2 parts Bols Genever

1/2 part Ginger liqueur

1/2 part fresh lemon juice

1 part apple cider

1/4 part maple syrup

Directions: Combine ingredients into a large punch bowl. Add block ice when ready to serve and stir to dilute and chill.

Garnish: several cranberries and lemon wheels

Wedding Cocktails on FOX Providence 1/7/11

January 7, 2011 / Jpogash / Uncategorized / No Comments

Custom cocktails for your wedding: foxprovidence.com

Hello Stamford!

December 29, 2010 / Jpogash / Cocktails, Fun, Travels / No Comments

The Daily Stamford was so kind as to write an article about the holiday cocktail class I did last week at the Ferguson Library. We had a blast!

Check out the article below:

http://www.thedailystamford.com/news/stamford-library-adds-cocktails-mix

The Ferguson Library in 1912

www.fergusonlibrary.org

New Year’s Eve Cocktails

December 26, 2010 / Jpogash / Cocktails, Food, Fun / No Comments

I hope these recipes will inspire you to create something wonderful to celebrate the New Year. We’re digging ourselves out from the snow here in NYC, but feeling very festive and thankful for friends and family.

Cheers!

As Seen On “Fox & Friends”, Fox News Channel, 12/26/10

Boxing Day Leftover Martini

2 oz. Bombay Sapphire gin

3/4 oz. carrot juice

1/2 oz. honey syrup

1/2 oz. pineapple juice

2 sage leaves

Shake and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a sage leaf.

2011 Heaven

1 1/2 oz. Dewars 12

1/2 oz. orange liqueur

1/2 oz. clove syrup

1/2 oz. coffee liqueur

Shake and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with a long orange peel.

Martini Poinsettia Punch

2 1/2 cups Martini Asti Sparkling Wine

2 cups Martini Rosato

1 1/2 cup POM Pomegranate juice

3/4 cup Fever Tree Ginger Beer

3/4 cup Fresh lemon juice

Maple Syrup to taste

Directions: Combine all ingredients into a punch bowl with block ice and stir to chill and dilute. Add several lemon wheels and star anise to the punch bowl. Ladle out into punch glasses.

Holiday-Inspired Artisanal Cocktails…Artisanal?

November 22, 2010 / Jpogash / Cocktails, Food, Fun, News / No Comments

Well, it’s official, for better or for worse, the Holiday Season is upon us. I heard my first Christmas tune in a department store this weekend, and saw my first Christmas lights of the season down the street from my parents house in New Jersey. I’m getting that warm, fuzzy feeling in my stomach, and to tell you the truth, I’m lovin’ it!

What’s especially exciting this time of the year is the myriad possibilities when it comes to ingredients in food and drink.

This year at Thanksgiving I’ll be cooking (yes, I cook, too) two recipes that I found in the NY Times: A butternut squash, pecans, and currants side dish, as well as stewed chestnuts in ricotta cheese. Both sounded exceptionally good, and I’m very much looking forward to trying them out.

We’ve heard the term “Artisanal” used quite often when referring to culinary trends. The word simply means any product made with your hands. When it comes to cocktails, we’ve noticed a huge upswing in ingredients that have more care and thought put into them – whether they are homemade syrups, creative garnishes, and the like. These drinks use, of course, seasonal and fresh ingredients, and are considered the best quality you can get.

You can check out this feature from Family Circle Magazine about Artisanal Holiday Cocktails.

So try them out, and if you do, please let me know how they turned out:

Raising the Bar: Artisanal Holiday Cocktails

The Knot Wedding Gala

October 29, 2010 / Jpogash / Cocktails, Friends, Fun / No Comments

The kind folks at The Knot invited Wedding Cocktail Design to participate in their 15th anniversary gala event held at the New York Public Library. The WCD Team kicked butt (pardon my French), slinging signature wedding cocktails to the 600+ wedding planners and wedding industry professionals.

You can see more about this amazing event on Martini Talk:

Martini Talk covers The Knot Gala

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