[friday 13th] cocktail time!

As you all know, it's vitally important to sip your first cocktail at the crack of dawn whenever it's Friday the 13th so let's get going with these recipes before the day ages some:

Breakfast: Blushing Lady

The Blushing Lady is a perfectly designed fruity cocktail to get the day off to a good start. It's the right blend of tropical flavors and looks stunning when served in it sugar-rimmed glass. It's a great cocktail for almost any occasion, any time of year.

The flavor of a Blushing Lady is a medley of sweet, sour and tart [and the latter is sometimes necessary by your side]. One may find themselves entranced in this beauty of a drink, making it easy to reach the "one too many" mark and having one blushing as pink as the drink.

Ingredients:

· 1 oz PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur

· 2 oz vodka

· 1 oz pink grapefruit juice

· lemon wedge

· coarse sugar for rimming

Preparation:

1. Rub a wedge of lemon around the rim of a martini glass and dip the glass into a plate of coarse sugar. Set it aside.

2. Pour the remaining ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.

3. Shake and strain into the garnish martini glass.

Lunch: Gin Fizz Recette du Cocktail

Something light and fizzy for the afternoon heat, to take those Friday 13th wobbles away and replace them with a different set of wobbles.

Ingrédients du Cocktail pour 1 personne

· 6 cl de gin

· 4 cl de jus de citrons

· 2 cl de sirop de sucre de canne

· 12 cl de eau gazeuse (perrier)

Supper: Crème Brûlée Martini

From Benjamin Maury at Bruno Jamais, NYC

Evening falls and the exotic Friday 13th draws to a much lamented close but don't despair. What better way to close out the day than the Crème Brûlée Martini.

Quite the alluring cocktail, the Crème Brûlée Martini transforms a favorite dessert (Crème Brûlée) into a fantastic beverage. You can get the real deal at NYC's Bruno Jamais with Mixologist Benjamin Maury. The creamy custard and vanilla flavors are accented beautifully with a hard caramel garnish. Quite impressive.

Ingredients:

· 2 Parts Stoli Vanilla

· 0.75 Parts Port of Crème Anglaise

· 1 Dash of Simple Syrup

· hard caramel for garnish (see photo)

Preparation:

1. Blend the above ingredients in a shaker.

2. Shake well and strain in a Martini Glass.

3. Decorate with hard caramel.

Go to it rightly and may your head still be in fine condition on Saturday the 14th.