{"id":7597,"date":"2014-12-18T17:44:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T17:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westhollywooddesigndistrict.com\/index.php\/2014\/12\/18\/gracias-madre-serves-holiday-cheer-cocktails\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T07:58:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T07:58:07","slug":"gracias-madre-serves-holiday-cheer-cocktails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/gracias-madre-serves-holiday-cheer-cocktails\/","title":{"rendered":"Gracias Madre Serves Up Holiday Cheer & Cocktails"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Holidays are in full swing and as the twinkle lights go up, and sunny Los Angeles gets a bit chillier, it\u2019s the perfect time to get festive with friends. What\u2019s exciting about the holidays in this city is that there is never a shortage of\u00a0restaurants concocting\u00a0new and unique\u00a0specialities that reflect our seasonal\u00a0palettes. As you look for a place\u00a0to\u00a0cozy up with delicious cocktails, make sure to take note of\u00a0<\/strong>Gracias Madre<\/strong><\/a>\u2013an absolute gem located in the West Hollywood Design District. Gracias Madre is a beautiful restaurant and bar that specializes in quality vegan food with a Mexican culinary flair. And this week, their Beverage Director Jason Eisner\u00a0shows us how\u00a0he has\u00a0crafted drinks with holiday nostalgia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To me, Gracias Madre is the absolute embodiment of the holiday spirit. We revere the celebration of food, craft spirits, and the wonderful memories that human beings create together while sharing gifts around a table. The holidays are a wonderful opportunity to share the idea of eating and drinking seasonal ingredients. How many times have you heard \u201cThis drink tastes like Christmas\u201d? Inspired by this sensory acknowledgment of what the season brings, I\u2019ve concocted three libations for visitors to enjoy.<\/p>\n

\"Gracias<\/a><\/p>\n

The first cocktail I created this holiday season is called\u00a0\u201cThe Three Miracles.\u201d The Three Miracles is a pretty fun little concoction, one\u00a0that I hope you enjoy drinking as much as I enjoy making it! Inside the glass sits three base spirits\u2013 and in reality, spirits are an absolute\u00a0miracle for two very important reasons. For starters, spirits are a vehicle that change our perception of consciousness and for a short period of time allow us to see our world through a different set of lenses. The truth is that without spirits, you and I wouldn\u2019t even be here. Around the time caveman invented the wheel, people starting dying of dysentery in their water; they soon\u00a0discovered that if they poured wine into their water, it would cleanse it of harmful bacteria. To celebrate the Three Miracles, there are three spherical ice cubes of Absinthe floating atop one another. The Three Miracles are as follows:\u00a0a Mezcal Espadin infused with the nine main botanicals used in the production of distilling Gin, Absinthe, and a biodynamic Italian Moscato, all garnished with mint.<\/p>\n

\"Gracias<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0On to the next! I love egg nog, but it always left me feeling bloated and sick, so I wanted to create something that people can enjoy without having to take a three hour nap afterwards. I spent some time thinking about what it is on a culinary level that makes Egg Nog so absolutely lovable. What it came down to was that interesting, slightly herbaceous and gentle kick that the egg nog spices tipple onto your palette. In doing my homework, I found that traditional egg nog uses nothing more than cinnamon, clove and nutmeg. So I decided to do come up with my own proprietary Masala Chai blend in order to make it uniquely my own, and what was born was \u201cNot Your Madre\u2019s Nog.\u201d This cocktail embodies the season with its creamy texture from coconut milk, sweet and spicy notes from the chai, and finally exotic smoke from the El Silencio Mezcal.<\/p>\n

\"Gracias<\/a><\/p>\n

The third winter cocktail I created this season is called \u201cI\u2019m Sorry Mrs. Jamson\u201d that includes a fruit and vinegar maturation that, interestingly, has always been a part of a winter\u2019s feast. In provincial times, winter was historically a season when people brought out their homemade jams, jellies, and pickled items that they created earlier in the year. \u201cI\u2019m Sorry Mrs. Jamson\u201d uses a canned homemade apricot jam that we made earlier this year, lemon juice, housemade habanero bitters, and a float of a full bodied jammy Spanish red wine. It\u2019s festive and meant to be beautiful, because hey\u2026life is beautiful!<\/p>\n

For more updates and cocktail\u00a0inspiration,\u00a0connect with\u00a0Gracias Madre<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, or\u00a0Twitter<\/a>. To try one of these festive libations yourself,\u00a0stop by Gracias Madre in the West Hollywood Design <\/a>District\u00a0at 8905 Melrose Ave West Hollywood, Ca 90069<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo Courtesy: Jason Eisner, Gracias Madre<\/p>\n

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The Holidays are in full swing and as the twinkle lights go up, and sunny Los Angeles gets a bit chillier, it\u2019s the perfect time to get festive with friends. What\u2019s exciting about the holidays in this city is that there is never a shortage of\u00a0restaurants concocting\u00a0new and unique\u00a0specialities that reflect our seasonal\u00a0palettes. As you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5666359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[107,58],"class_list":["post-7597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-drink","tag-cocktails","tag-gracias-madre"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5666358,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597\/revisions\/5666358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5666359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}