LCBO Food & Drink Spring 2023

FUN FADS

Candy-inspired Drinks Influential foodie website Food52.com started a craze for Jelly Bean Mimosas last spring, and in Asia drinks inspired by creamy White Rabbit candy have been all the rage.

Wild Garnishes Gold, pearl and gem “dust” (cocktail

emporium.com, popaball.co.uk), popping candy or lip-stinging Electricdust

(electricdust.shop), and even powdered ranch dressing or popcorn seasonings are being sprinkled

onto cocktails or rimming glasses.

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The continuing highball craze taught us to lengthen tall, refreshing drinks with soda water, tonic or “sonic” (a bit of both). Now, we’re also recommending shortening long drinks as a fresh trend: take a favourite tall drink like the Bloody Mary, and make it a Martini-style short drink. We were inspired by trendsetting bars like Double Chicken Please in New York,

which serves trendy food-inspired drinks , to infuse pizza flavours into this cocktail. To achieve bar-quality results, we made like a pro bartender and raided the kitchen for flavour-boosting ingredients , from dried mushrooms to nutritional yeast.

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