The X-rated Flirtini

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It’s Friday! No, we aren’t going to break out in song with Rebecca Black about it being ‘Friday, Friday, Every day is Friday!’ We do love Friday, though. Who doesn’t? For most people, it’s the end of the week. The night you’ve waited for to relax with friends or family. Whether your plans are to go out for the evening or stay home and relax at home, we wanted to share one of our favorite recipes from a favorite blogger of ours. Here’s to Friday!

The X-rated Flirtini

Some of our favorite Maiden Martini recipes!

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We posted the Cinnamon Roll Martini most recently, which we heard many of you have already enjoyed. Others you might like include:

The Kryptonite Martini

The Shamrock O’ Tini

Espresso Triple Sec Martini

The Jelly Fish Martini

Roll with the Punches with the Cinnamon Roll Martini

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Okay, we say this every week. BUT, the Cinnamon Roll Martini is really, truly the favorite drink of the Martini Maidens. I had no idea, however, that people had so many opinions on what makes a good cinnamon roll. Some people like theirs simple and sweet – yeast dough, with a cinnamon-sugar mixture on top of butter. You know, Paula Deen-style! Others throw in raisins, chopped grapes, maybe pour a cup or two of confectioner’s sugar for icing (nah, I’m not exaggerating!), or some type of glaze. Wikipedia says it is not to be confused with the Danish pastry or the Honey Bun. Ok by me, I just know I love a yummy, slightly undercooked cinnamon roll every once in a while when I’m feeling reckless with abandon about my calorie counting.

Why the elaborate discussion about the varieties of cinnamon rolls? When we post a recipe that we name as a Martini Maiden recipe, we have created it ourselves. There might be several other varieties out there. Yea for variety! This is ours, and we hope you love it as much as we do.

So here we go with instructions. . .

Mix together:

2 oz DeKuyper Buttershots

2 oz Bailey’s Original Irish Cream

1 oz DeKuyper Hot Damn Cinnamon Schnapps

1 oz Smirnoff Premium Triple Distilled Vodka

Shake together gently and serve in a chilled Martini glass.

Garnish with cinnamon square candy. If this is not one of the smoothest drinks you have this week, we have an offer for you – let us know what you have found that is! We love hearing from you. As a plug, you can always find us on Twitter or our new Facebook page also. Enjoy!

Be Mine Forever Cocktail

We have been busy, busy, busy making changes to our site. If you have visited in the past and feel a little lost, feel free to ask us where your favorite things are.  One thing we are adding is others’ cocktail recipes to try. We promise this is in addition to what we are already doing – creating our own Martini Maiden recipes, writing about events near you, great restaurants to try, and of course. . . tweeting to keep you updated on everything.  These are still found on the right-hand side of our site – I get directionally challenged. Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do!

Today’s drink we want to show you is named the ‘Be Mine Forever’ cocktail. Get out your shaker for this one. This is a win, win, win, win blog for you because there are actually four recipes included in this post. We just felt like trying something healthy. Hope you enjoy this or one of the other three posted in the suggested recipe we have linked for you.

Be Mine Forever Cocktail . . . or at least for tonight

A face lift? Sort of. . .

We appreciate your patience as we have grown so much more rapidly than we imagined in such a short time! We are literally busting at the seams with this site, and want each visit you have here to be an exceptional experience. Bear with us as we work on some makeovers over the course of the next days and weeks.

If you have questions about where some of your favorite things are now located – or have suggestions on where you would like some things located – let us know. We LOVE feedback!

We are going to make it easier for you to find the Martini recipes we have created, as well as other Martini articles we have written, so you are not hunting through the entire blog to find them.

Thank you again, and in the meantime. . . take time to enjoy a nice martini!

Gin Cantaloupe Martini with Organic Pink Peppercorns

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Try this recipe out that we found for a refreshing taste. Use the sweetest cantaloupe possible for the best results. Try making it with pureed cantaloupe for a big difference. Follow the link below for the ingredients needed, as well as a YouTube video on how to make this great Martini.  You will definitely want to enjoy this one with friends!

http://twitter.com/#!/exceptionalfood/status/53272818514796544

The Shamrock – O – Tini, A sure favorite for St. Patrick’s Day!

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We promised we were researching last night, and we did ~ late into the night ~ to come up with a few new recipes for St. Patrick’s for you.  Here’s one new drink for you to try out for St. Patrick’s day. You will need the following ingredients per drink:

• Edy’s Slow Churned Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream – 1 small scoop
• Bailey’s Mint Chocolate – 1 oz
• Godiva Chocolate infused with Chocolate – 1 oz
• Ghirardelli Premium semi-sweet shaved chocolate – 1/8 tsp
• Chopped fresh organic mint – take 4 mint leaves and one mint stem, arrange to look like a 4-leaf clover.

If you are serious about mint chocolate, this is a serious drink!

Happenings in Atlanta for the love of good food

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Delia’s Chicken Sausage Stand in East Atlanta will open sometime next week, and their Facebook page indicates that it has opened. The small shop, founded by Delia Champion, the founder of the Flying Biscuit and Molly Gunn, owner of the Porter Beer Bar, is a to-go operation serving up chicken sausage in the form of slingers and sliders. Delia’s Chicken Sausage Stand will be open Sunday – Thursday from 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.

P’cheen will be opening for lunch every Saturday & Sunday at noon, beginning Saturday, March 19th. P’cheen is currently only open for dinner. In addition to the special weekend lunch menu, which includes a variety of specialty sandwiches along with the pizza du jour and their signature fish and chips, P’cheen will have a 50 cent oysters on Sundays. If you’re a fan of their Monday night BBQ, you’ll be happy to hear that it returns starting on March 21.

J-Bones BBQ, a culinary and catering group that operates Gravity Pub and also serves up food at the Spring 4th Complex, will be opening a new namesake location in Austell next week. The vast menu includes classic BBQ dishes alongside southern entrees and beefy burgers.