It All Starts Here...

Long day today, but I'm finally all done with orientation at culinary school! I have time this evening so I figured I should get this blog rolling.

Bright and early, yes early... 7am early, Tuesday morning I start my first class. In a twist of events that entertains me to no end my first official class at school is "Principles of Beverage Service." I didn't know my class schedule when I named the blog, so I think of it as a sign of good things to come.

I'm not sure what the nice people at the school are thinking arming us with ar variety of kinves and having classes where we USE the knives starting at 7am. I don't know about most people, but my hand eye coordination isn't the best before one or two cups of something good from Starbucks. I guess I shall be thankful that I can ease into pretending to be a morning person and not have to worry too much about the knives at the start since there isn't much call for them in the bar class.

To start things off on the right foot I shall offer up one of my very favorite cocktails! This one goes back to when I was "the hostess with the mostess" and would go out after work with a rockstar friend of mine for post work recovery drinks. We'd usually end up at a little local place where the bartender served up something called 'Kool-Aid.' As you can guess an drink for adults that comes from a bartender and is called Kool Aid is a recipe for mayhem.

To recreate this you'll need:
A glass... the size is up to you. If you need a big drink use a big glass.
Ice
Orange Vodka
Cranberry Juice
Club Soda... totally optional, but add it if you like a fizzy drink.
An orange slice... again, optional but it makes the drink look pretty.
Bendy straw... in life I've found that bendy straws tend to make drinks even better.

Fill the glass with ice.
Add vodka and cranberry juice in a ratio that you like (bad day, add more vodka.)
Top the drink off with the club soda if you are using it.
Add the orange slice and bendy straw.
Drink!

Cheers!