According to Wikipedia, the word for punch comes from the sanskrit word for “five.” The drink was once made up of five components: water, citrus, alcohol, sugar, and “spice”. According to punch historian David Wondrich, the spice in question could be anything from “nutmeg or tea to ambergris.” (Hey that rhymes!) The flavors of this…
According to cocktail historian David Wondrich in his book “Imbibe!”, Fish House Punch should be “made a mandatory part of every Fourth of July.” If the punch’s provenance is indeed as historic as people claim it is, then it may well deserve priority over cans of beer that say “America” on them. And with a…
This cocktail comes courtesy of Helen Cassin Kinkaid (née Helen Sherburne Ross), descendant of Revolutionary War Major John Samuel Sherburne. She met Thomas Cassin Kinkaid while he was an ensign at the Naval Academy in Annapolis and they were eventually married. According to Wikipedia: “Their marriage produced no children. They enjoyed playing contract bridge and…