Tom Ricket
@tomricket.bsky.social
Tonight — rainy, sometimes hail, windy as hell — calls for one of my comfort cocktails, the BFD.
- 2.5 oz Ethereal gin
- .75 oz lemon juice
- .5 oz lime juice
- 1 oz Cocktail & Sons Mint & Lemon Verbena Syrup
- 1 oz aquafaba or egg white
- 2.5 oz Ethereal gin
- .75 oz lemon juice
- .5 oz lime juice
- 1 oz Cocktail & Sons Mint & Lemon Verbena Syrup
- 1 oz aquafaba or egg white
March 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Tonight — rainy, sometimes hail, windy as hell — calls for one of my comfort cocktails, the BFD.
- 2.5 oz Ethereal gin
- .75 oz lemon juice
- .5 oz lime juice
- 1 oz Cocktail & Sons Mint & Lemon Verbena Syrup
- 1 oz aquafaba or egg white
- 2.5 oz Ethereal gin
- .75 oz lemon juice
- .5 oz lime juice
- 1 oz Cocktail & Sons Mint & Lemon Verbena Syrup
- 1 oz aquafaba or egg white
Baking Brazilian Cheese Bread always makes me happy. They use tapioca flour and are super springy, and one of my favorite things right out of the oven. They last about five minutes before my family has destroyed them :)
February 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Baking Brazilian Cheese Bread always makes me happy. They use tapioca flour and are super springy, and one of my favorite things right out of the oven. They last about five minutes before my family has destroyed them :)
Today feels like a good day to bake some molasses bread. Letting the stand mixer do most of the work!
February 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Today feels like a good day to bake some molasses bread. Letting the stand mixer do most of the work!
Trying out the chocolate milk bread recipe from King Arthur Baking. Will it be tasty? We shall see! But it is very pretty dusted with flour and doing its final pre-bake rise.
February 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trying out the chocolate milk bread recipe from King Arthur Baking. Will it be tasty? We shall see! But it is very pretty dusted with flour and doing its final pre-bake rise.
We have developed a not-quite-yearly tradition of “Stay Up and Read All Night” with our kids; part of the tradition is a guan 10-point chocolate bar to snack on while reading. Weird tradition but fun!
January 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We have developed a not-quite-yearly tradition of “Stay Up and Read All Night” with our kids; part of the tradition is a guan 10-point chocolate bar to snack on while reading. Weird tradition but fun!
Cocktail tonight is the BFD (book fair drink, from when my friend Kristi spent 999 hours at the scholastic book fair, and needed a drink):
- 2.5 oz gin
- .75 oz lemon juice
- .5 oz lime juice
- 1 oz Cocktail & Sons Mint & Lemon Verbena Syrup
- 1 oz egg whites or aquafaba
- 2.5 oz gin
- .75 oz lemon juice
- .5 oz lime juice
- 1 oz Cocktail & Sons Mint & Lemon Verbena Syrup
- 1 oz egg whites or aquafaba
January 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Cocktail tonight is the BFD (book fair drink, from when my friend Kristi spent 999 hours at the scholastic book fair, and needed a drink):
- 2.5 oz gin
- .75 oz lemon juice
- .5 oz lime juice
- 1 oz Cocktail & Sons Mint & Lemon Verbena Syrup
- 1 oz egg whites or aquafaba
- 2.5 oz gin
- .75 oz lemon juice
- .5 oz lime juice
- 1 oz Cocktail & Sons Mint & Lemon Verbena Syrup
- 1 oz egg whites or aquafaba
We did a Tahoe snow trip, and picked up some of the Tuscan Herb olive oil we love from a store in Truckee. So today was a rainy one, good for baking a rosemary focaccia. My son says he will eat as much as we bake, so here goes!
January 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We did a Tahoe snow trip, and picked up some of the Tuscan Herb olive oil we love from a store in Truckee. So today was a rainy one, good for baking a rosemary focaccia. My son says he will eat as much as we bake, so here goes!
Okay, this little citrus cobra looking over the side of the Sidewinder at the Wunderbar is adorable.
December 31, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Okay, this little citrus cobra looking over the side of the Sidewinder at the Wunderbar is adorable.
Growing up in the 70s, I would watch my grandmother bake with her cherished recipe cards from the 30s. Now baking her cookies, it’s crazy that my “new” printouts like this one from 1997 are now that same age!
December 24, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Growing up in the 70s, I would watch my grandmother bake with her cherished recipe cards from the 30s. Now baking her cookies, it’s crazy that my “new” printouts like this one from 1997 are now that same age!
Tonight I am baking butter tarts and pecan tarts (I know, potayto potahto), and they make me happy on a rainy night.
December 15, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Tonight I am baking butter tarts and pecan tarts (I know, potayto potahto), and they make me happy on a rainy night.
There’s something always magical about this stage of baking for me — my dough has been shaped into happy tight little rounds, and has endless possibilities. Before things can go wrong, when everything is possible. :)
December 13, 2024 at 3:57 AM
There’s something always magical about this stage of baking for me — my dough has been shaped into happy tight little rounds, and has endless possibilities. Before things can go wrong, when everything is possible. :)
Is it wrong that my autocorrect now suggests “mezcal” any time I type the word “we?” Asking for … fine, asking for me.
December 12, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Is it wrong that my autocorrect now suggests “mezcal” any time I type the word “we?” Asking for … fine, asking for me.
Tonight’s drink is the Wild Irish Rose, a favorite of mine courtesy of my friend Kristi
- 2 oz. Irish whiskey
- 1 oz. Lemon juice
- 0.75 oz. Fassionola (we love the Cocktail & Sons version)
Cheers, all!
- 2 oz. Irish whiskey
- 1 oz. Lemon juice
- 0.75 oz. Fassionola (we love the Cocktail & Sons version)
Cheers, all!
December 11, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Tonight’s drink is the Wild Irish Rose, a favorite of mine courtesy of my friend Kristi
- 2 oz. Irish whiskey
- 1 oz. Lemon juice
- 0.75 oz. Fassionola (we love the Cocktail & Sons version)
Cheers, all!
- 2 oz. Irish whiskey
- 1 oz. Lemon juice
- 0.75 oz. Fassionola (we love the Cocktail & Sons version)
Cheers, all!
Delightful cocktails at Jolie in New Orleans this past weekend. Highly recommend!
December 9, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Delightful cocktails at Jolie in New Orleans this past weekend. Highly recommend!
I was all happy with myself for baking a pecan pie tonight … and then tried to take it out of the oven with no base support, and it folded in half like a taco! 😭 thankfully it mostly recovered (shh, we won’t mention that to my kids) and just looks slightly battleworn.
December 2, 2024 at 3:35 AM
I was all happy with myself for baking a pecan pie tonight … and then tried to take it out of the oven with no base support, and it folded in half like a taco! 😭 thankfully it mostly recovered (shh, we won’t mention that to my kids) and just looks slightly battleworn.
Baking a pecan pie. But that’s 45+ minutes in the future before I can check it, so in the meantime, a book and a cocktail 🍸
December 2, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Baking a pecan pie. But that’s 45+ minutes in the future before I can check it, so in the meantime, a book and a cocktail 🍸
I way misjudged the size of the leftover turkey versus my pot. Whoops. But now it has all simmered down, and happy turkey stock is helping me use all my thanksgiving veggie scraps. Plus a generous addition of various Penzey’s spices!
December 1, 2024 at 7:29 AM
I way misjudged the size of the leftover turkey versus my pot. Whoops. But now it has all simmered down, and happy turkey stock is helping me use all my thanksgiving veggie scraps. Plus a generous addition of various Penzey’s spices!
Bartending and serving cocktails for extended family at thanksgiving is a nice excuse to use my pretty fall glasses, which I love but often just sit on a shelf. :)
November 28, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Bartending and serving cocktails for extended family at thanksgiving is a nice excuse to use my pretty fall glasses, which I love but often just sit on a shelf. :)
It’s been years since we had Christmas lights put up outside, and we finally got these Twinkly lights, and on dark, dreary, sad-world days, they make me happy. Plus who doesn’t like rainbows?
November 28, 2024 at 6:22 AM
It’s been years since we had Christmas lights put up outside, and we finally got these Twinkly lights, and on dark, dreary, sad-world days, they make me happy. Plus who doesn’t like rainbows?
Almost a year later, with our son back from college for the holiday, we have completed building the Prusa MK4 3D printer that he got as a kit last year. Crazy how much better the printer tech has gotten over the last few years!
November 28, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Almost a year later, with our son back from college for the holiday, we have completed building the Prusa MK4 3D printer that he got as a kit last year. Crazy how much better the printer tech has gotten over the last few years!
Our part in extended family cooking for Thanksgiving is low this year. Some brownies and a side or two for tomorrow morning, and we’re done! So for now, the stand mixer can rest and it can be cocktail time.
November 28, 2024 at 5:58 AM
Our part in extended family cooking for Thanksgiving is low this year. Some brownies and a side or two for tomorrow morning, and we’re done! So for now, the stand mixer can rest and it can be cocktail time.
I wanted a cocktail tonight, but also, tired. So this was some Wasatch Blossom liqueur in a Nick & Nora glass, along with some gingersnaps.
November 27, 2024 at 1:29 AM
I wanted a cocktail tonight, but also, tired. So this was some Wasatch Blossom liqueur in a Nick & Nora glass, along with some gingersnaps.
Hmm. Made gingersnaps today, and they are fine, but they lack the traditional “crackle-top” appearance I usually get. I had to use a different topping sugar, so maybe that’s it?
November 26, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Hmm. Made gingersnaps today, and they are fine, but they lack the traditional “crackle-top” appearance I usually get. I had to use a different topping sugar, so maybe that’s it?
Our cactus actually had some useable prickly pears after uncounted years, so I made some simple syrup with them. This gimlet with it reminds me of a sweet cucumber one. Milder than I thought, but good!
November 26, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Our cactus actually had some useable prickly pears after uncounted years, so I made some simple syrup with them. This gimlet with it reminds me of a sweet cucumber one. Milder than I thought, but good!
