Fallen Red Cedar

"This cocktail is served at the Sylvia Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. This fine old hotel built in 1912 is perched on the edge of Stanley Park and it was home to Vancouver's very first cocktail lounge which opened in 1954. The lounge is an excellent place to take in English Bay sunsets. Drinks at the Sylvia are inspired by the hotel's surroundings. This particular drink is named to commemorate a landmark tree nearby that was uprooted in the windstorms of late 2006. Enjoy."
 
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Ready In:
5mins
Ingredients:
4
Serves:
1
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ingredients

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directions

  • Muddle the strawberries in a bit of crushed ice.
  • Put berries, lemon juice and vodka into a shaker, shake vigorously until well mixed.
  • Pour into an old fashioned tumbler over ice cubes.
  • Add a splash of champagne ( soda will also work).
  • Garnish with a slice of strawberry and a fat straw.

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  1. Nice lemon and strawberry flavours. Our only complaint was that, even with ripe strawberries, it needed a bit of sweetness to balance out the tartness of the lemon. I added a dash of simple syrup, and that helped neutralize the overpowering lemon. Yum! Thanks for posting! Made for PAC Fall 2008.
     
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I am a classically trained chef and a grad of NECI in Vermont. I ran my own catering company for years and then decided to switch gears and go to law school. I now practice law and cook just for fun. I enjoy cooking for friends and DH and I entertain regularly. I also cook for my three golden retrievers and have found several wonderful biscuit recipes here at Zaar. I collect cookbooks and food literature. My all time favourite food writer is MFK Fisher. If you have not read it, I commend her short story "Borderland " to you. It is one of the most evocative pieces of food writing ever. My current favourite cookbook is "Urban Italian - Simple Recipes and True Stories from a Life in Food" by Andrew Carmelini. For years I managed to hang on to all of my back issues of Gourmet some of which date back to the 1980's. Sadly, I recently lost that particular battle and to promote marital harmony, I am recycling my old mags but am posting my favorite Gourmet recipes along with some interesting ones worthy of a test drive.
 
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