Strain into ice-filled, salt- and pepper-rimmed glass. Garnish with celery stalk and serve immediately. THE RECIPE: BLOODY MARY Makes 1 drink WHAT YOU WILL NEED: 2 teaspoons celery salt ¼ lemon, cut into two wedges 1 teaspoon prepared horseradish ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce ¼ teaspoon hot sauce ¼ teaspoon soy sauce Dash freshly ground black pepper Dash cayenne pepper 2 ounces vodka 4 ounces tomato juice 1 stick celery, for garnish HOW TO PREP: Place celery salt in a shallow saucer. Rub rim of 12-ounce tumbler with the juicy side of 1 lemon wedge and coat wet edge with celery salt by placing glass rim down in the saucer of salt. Place lemon wedge on rim of glass. Fill glass with ice. Put horseradish, Worcestershire, hot sauce, soy sauce, black pepper and cayenne pepper in the bottom of a shaker. Fill shaker with ice and add vodka, tomato juice and juice of remaining lemon wedge. Shake vigorously. Strain into ice-filled, salt-rimmed glass. Garnish with celery stalk and serve immediately.
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Rocks Glass SPIKED: BRANDY MILK PUNCH OR BOURBON MILK PUNCH (DEALER’S CHOICE) A staple of old-guard restaurants across New Orleans, the Brandy Milk Punch is just the right amount of wholesome-meets-naughty. Typically made by combining brandy (or bourbon) with whole milk, powdered sugar, ice and a dusting of nutmeg, it’s a breakfast drink that’s a wintertime treat — particularly if you’re partial to eggnog. Selecting bourbon versus brandy is a personal choice (and you can’t really lose either way!) but brandy is a bit smoother and more traditional, creating a creamier cocktail without the back-end bite of the bourbon. Unlike many breakfast drinks — which are pretty easy come, easy go — this is a cocktail where you can’t fuss with the ratios: Cutting down on the milk and up on the brandy, or vice versa, is an invitation to some seriously out-of-whack tastes (and a stomachache). ALCOHOL FREE: ORANGE JULIUS At first blush, an Orange Julius — the eponymous drink of the Orange Julius juice store where it
was created in Los Angeles in the 1920s — seems potentially too funky. Made when orange juice concentrate, milk, vanilla, sugar, egg whites and ice are swirled together like a brighter, frothier smoothie, an Orange Julius has the appearance of a mash-up of all childhood breakfast drinks into one that might not work. Oh, but work it does. It tastes like a melted Creamsicle, and isn’t entirely bad for you (hello, Vitamin C, calcium and protein!) Also, if you really feel like it, just drink a big glass of milk or your alternative milk of choice (oat, soy, almond — the sky’s the limit!) for breakfast. For some reason, drinking a cool glass of milk, straight up, has become relatively rare in our society, reserved only for school kids to do out of cartons or Marlon Brando to do in a movie from 70 years ago. Guess what, though? It still tastes good! And, if you’ve eaten a ton of spicy or fried food the night before, it helps to settle your stomach more effectively than pretty much anything else. (Trust me, I’ve experimented.) THE RECIPE: BRANDY MILK PUNCH Makes 1 drink WHAT YOU WILL NEED: 2 ounces brandy 1½ ounces heavy cream 1 ounce simple syrup ½ teaspoon vanilla extract Freshly grated nutmeg, for serving
