All posts tagged: nocino

Black Metal Manhattan

December 15, 2015
by dlgallian
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Lets just jump straight into the holidays, shall we? As you may know, I’m a big fan of Nocino, the velvety, warming, sweet and nutty Italian liqueur made from green walnuts.  In January, I gave you three ways I like to use Nocino – as an aperitif, in a milk punch, and in a citrus-and-chocolate-and-bourbon holiday bomb.  Here’s another way I just discovered, in time for a friend’s holiday cocktail party where I plan on […]

Nocino, three ways

January 1, 2015
by dlgallian
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Aperitif / Bourbon / Brandy / Punch / Recipe

When I was twenty three, I moved into a post-1906 earthquake building in the Cow Hollow neighborhood in San Francisco.  The flat was a funny mixture of old and not-so-old, as old rental buildings tend to be.  While the built-in cabinets in the living room had been covered in 1970’s-era faux wood paneling, an unfortunate consequence of a misguided attempt at “modernizing,” no one had ever bothered to improve upon the insulation in the walls. […]