It's a Date
Bellwether and Richlane make for quite the pair

It being Monday, it means the time has come to decide what you'll be eating on Friday.

Drinks: When you’ve finished dinner, march yourselves across the street to Richlane. The simple wood-focused design lets the drinks stand out. Nightcaps are made of Maiden’s Milk ($10). Magically rich, the steamed whole milk, pear nectar, old-fashioned bitters, Snap gingersnap liqueur and a grating of cinnamon is served in a little china cup. 595 Union Ave. (at N. 11th St.), Brooklyn; 347-422-0617
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Snap

Herbal appertif has local roots.

Root and Snap are two herbaceous botanical liqueurs produced by Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction based in Pennsylvannia. Owner, Steven Grasse, is on a mission to restore originality to all things mass produced. His boutique and gallery, and more recently his Tamworth Lyceum storefront in Tamworth, where he summers, are alive with possibilities. More than just stores, the spaces encourage discussion, philosophy and, of course, good coffee.

Philly Homegrown Holiday Drink Round-Up

With the holiday shopping season upon us, we thought it might be helpful to give a few suggestions on where you could stop, take a break and actually enjoy some holiday spirit(s). Below is a list of some of our favorite haunts and festive drinks, with a slight locavore bent, of course!

RHUBY: Art in the Age’s Organic Spirit

This 80-proof Philadelphia spirit harkens back to Ben Franklin and John Bartram's recipe for rhubarb-flavored tea.

100 Gifts for $100 or Less

We spent the past 24 hours doing nothing but trolling the Internet for the best gift-appropriate goodies for 100 clams or less. Here is what we dug up:

Mark and Lynn turn to Snap liqueur to ward of the creep of old man winter...

Of late, Lynn and I have been working on transitioning into fall cocktail/wine mode.  This typically means circling back to bourbons, heavier reds, some port and maybe some experimentation with scotch.  As always, we remain on the lookout for something new to add some snap to our concoctions.  Ironically, what we found was Snap liqueur.  Snap is the result of the distillation of a traditional lebkuchen (a homemade ginger snap made with black strap molasses and fresh ginger-far superior to the grocery store variety).  The result of this is that not only does Snap reject some of the over processing of it's core ingredients it actually contains elements that are essential to good health like iron, potassium and calcium (mainly found in the traditional black strap molasses) as well as a good, earthy flavor. Snap is surely not the first ginger infused spirit on the market; however, it sets the bar quite high as it is both organic and made with pure ingredients.