Cuz Baby Tonight, Seder's Got Us Eating Unleavened Bread

Passover - My favorite Jewish holiday of the calendar year! Mostly for the food, slightly for the chance to see my preschool haggadah brought out from the relics, and partly for the requirement to drink four glasses of wine with our meal. This year, I have something new to leave waiting for Elijah - a tasty cocktail.

I had noticed my friend Kara Newman tweet about The Sipping Seder several weeks ago, but it had skipped my mind at the time. Now that we're in the midst of Seder season, the website is back on my radar and I'm scoping out my strategy of when to make these creative cocktails at home.

Kara has since interviewed the San Francisco-based duo behind The Sipping Seder over at Wine Enthusiast. And, until I have the opportunity to try making these cocktails myself, I will leave you with a rousing video of what Passover is really all about, set to the tune of, who else, but Usher and Ke$ha. Chag Sameach!



L'chaim!
SJ

Wine Enthusiast Top 50 Spirits

'Tis the season to start the year-end countdowns and Top 10s that begin to flood the Internet, magazines, and newspapers. Wine Spectator led the way just before Thanksgiving with their Top 100 Wines "At A Glance" list; now, Wine Enthusiast (in the excellent hands of Kara Newman) released a list of their own last Friday, detailing the Top 50 Spirits of 2010.

If I had to single out one product on the list that I was impressed with this year (a very tough feat, indeed!), I would say it'd certainly be WhistlePig Straight Rye Whiskey. I had the chance to sample the product from Master Distiller Dave Pickerell while at The NY Bar and Wine Show back in June and, boy oh boy... simply put, it's yummy!

Visit the Wine Enthusiast website and give the list a glance yourself. There are some fantastic items that you may want to give as gifts (or spoil yourself with!) for the impending holidays.

Cheers!
SJ