Drinks with Reads: Feta Attraction

It’s cold outside, but it’s a perfect day for a cocktail and a good mystery

Susannah Hardy is here to tell us about her new book and the perfect drink to match.

Thanks for inviting me to Drinks with Reads today. I notice that “Drinks” comes before “Reads,” but I won’t comment on that, LOL! 

My cozy mystery, Feta Attraction, released in January. My heroine, Georgie, isn’t Greek, but she married into a Greek family and works in the family restaurant. The Greeks love their ouzo, which is a delicious (and potent!) anise-flavored liquor. So it seemed only appropriate that I invent an ouzo cocktail to go along with the recipes in the book.

I hope you’ll give the Cherry Ouzotini and Feta Attraction (not necessarily in that order), a try, and let me know what you think. Opa!

Cherry Ouzotini

1 oz. ouzo (an anise-flavored Greek liqueur)
1 oz. citrus-flavored vodka
4 oz. orange juice
½ oz. maraschino cherry juice (more if you like a sweeter drink)
Splash of seltzer or lemon-lime soda

Place ouzo, vodka, orange and cherry juices into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake it, shake it, baby! Pour into martini glass (there’ll be some left over for a second drink), add a splash of seltzer or soda, then garnish with orange slice, maraschino cherry and a mint leaf. 

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Bio: Susannah Hardy thinks she has the best job in the world: making up stories and inventing recipes to go along with them. A native of northern New York, where she attended St. Lawrence University, Susannah now lives in Connecticut with her husband, teenage son, and Elvira the Wonder Cat.

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