Kalsarikännit – Drink at Home in Your Underwear

Did you know there is a Finish word for drinking at home in your underwear? Indeed, Finland’s Tourism Board put together a dictionary (complete with accompanying emojis you can download) of “hard-to-describe Finnish emotions, words, and customs.” Included in the list of 56 phrases is kalsarikännit (pronounced cal-sar-y-cuhn-eet). It describes the “feeling when you are…

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Blood Orange Sumac Smoked Old Fashioned

I recently catered a three course dinner at the house again. Each component was complete with a wine pairing, as well as a dessert drink. It was phenomenal, and quite well themed. My guests are huge fans of both clove and allspice flavors, thus I took it upon myself to include the fragrant aromatics in each…

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