Allow Rum to Help You Ease Into Fall

We can't help noticing that the days are getting shorter, the leaves are changing and that fall has arrived. Don't let the growing lack of sunlight bring you down! Our lovely libation is just what the doctor ordered to help cope with the creeping darkness!

It's Time For Autumn Cocktails!

The leaves have started turning here, which means it's time for autumn cocktails! Today we have a lovely libation starring FEW Spirits Rye Whiskey, along with some iconic flavors of fall. Here's to the changing of the seasons!

Autumn Apple Madness, Coming Tomorrow!

Here's a little preview of tomorrow's episode, "Autumn Apple Madness!" We're crazy for all things apple! Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel (click here) and be among the first to see!

And here's a look at our Cocktail of the Week, the recipe for which will be beamed to all subscribers of our newsletter tomorrow! If you'd like to subscribe and receive a recipe for a lovely libation each week, click here!

Cocktail of the Week: Violet Hour

Pumpkin Crazy

Fall always makes me go pumpkin crazy! Suddenly everything I make seems to feature pumpkin, which is kind of funny, since I typically buy the canned, which is available all year long. Lately I've made pumpkin bread, pumpkin soup, our current episode features pumpkin nachos (click here to watch) and tonight I made pumpkin pizza. I figured I'd continue in this vein until Thanksgiving, after which my thoughts will turn to winter fruits and veggies. However, I learned today that there may be a canned pumpkin shortage this year, due to failures with the pumpkin crops! Our Thanksgiving guests won't have to worry, as Paul has secured a number of cans and we will therefore not be pumpkin pie-less on the big day. Whew! However, I'm sure I'll grab another can or two every time I hit the supermarket. Let the pumpkin hoarding begin!

Pumpkin Pizza. They'll pry my pumpkin cans from my cold, dead hands!

Apple Picking

This is our 13th autumn in the Hudson Valley and not only had we never been apple picking, we'd never been to Soons Orchard, which is about seven minutes from our house and my new happy place! They have a lovely store, where you can buy many varieties of apples, delicious baked goods and all sorts of other goodies, a tasting room, where for $5 you can taste many ciders, liqueurs and a hot toddy with moonshine, and pumpkin and apple picking galore! Our October 13 episode will be all about apples, so we went and picked our own. It was a delightful morning and we now have enough apples for about five pies, so if you're in the area, do drop in! And we have a fabulous new place to take visitors from out of town. Cider tasting? Let's do it!

Fabulous fall colors

Apple picking