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Recent Recipes

Instant Pot Guinness Beef Stew

Irish

All the flavor of a slow-cooked stew done in a fraction of the time in the pressure cooker. Made with beef stew meat, onion, celery, carrots, parsnips, and of course, Guinness.

Neo-Neapolitan Pizza Dough

Italian-American • 4 servings

This is the dough for making New Haven-style pizzas and pizzas in the style of Lombardi's, Totonno's, John's, Grimaldi's, and Tacconelli's. It makes a thin, crisp crust with airy pockets in the crown. This dough stays crisp better than Napoletana dough, which softens under the toppings.

Pasta Carbonara

Italian • 4 servings

A rich, creamy Roman classic made the authentic way—no cream needed.

Chicken Tikka Masala

Indian • 6 servings

Rich, creamy tomato curry with spiced yogurt-marinated chicken. Restaurant quality at home.

Paper Plane

Coupe • Bourbon

A perfectly balanced modern classic—equal parts everything, impossibly good.

Macadamia Nut Chi Chi

Tiki Mug • Vodka

A macadamia-spiked riff on the Piña Colada by way of the Chi Chi (which swaps rum for vodka). Fresh pineapple juice makes a tremendous difference here.

Jungle Bird

Double Rocks • Rum

A drink from the post-tiki era that has found great popularity coast to coast in cocktails of all stripes. Adapted by Smuggler's Cove.

Daiquiri No. 1

Coupe • Rum

The most elegant, simple, and famous of all Cuban cocktails. The Daiquiri and its variants were set in stone by legendary barman Constantino Ribalaigua of the famous Florida bar in Havana.

Saturn

Coupe • Gin

A winning combination of gin, lemon, passion fruit, falernum, and orgeat. Created for the 1967 World Championship, this drink represents the rings of Saturn.

Classic Margarita

Rocks • Tequila

The definitive margarita. Fresh lime juice, quality tequila, properly balanced. No mix needed.

Negroni

Rocks • Gin

The iconic Italian aperitif. Bold, bitter, beautiful. Equal parts gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth.

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