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BIG SOFTIE. WHY SOFT SERVE AT FAMILIAR CREATURE IS A DESTINATION DESSERT
Destination Dessert: Chef Michele’s soft serve flavors are stealing the show at Montreal-inspired Familiar Creature wine bar in Saratoga
TASTE: ALIAS — A martini alias for The Maker scent
The Maker Hotel scent collection meets its match in Pia Bazzani’s curated cocktails designed to evoke the same mood.
TASTE: TWILIGHT GARDEN —The Maker Lounge
In The Maker Lounge, Pia Bazzani’s Twilight Garden captures the early signs of spring.
IS THIS MELON FLUFF MILK PUNCH THE COOLEST COCKTAIL IN SARATOGA?
Hamlet & Ghost Bar Director Sonia Castellani is known for her culinary, clarified cocktails. Here she combines the fresh fruit of her French childhood with marshmallow fluff + milk tea.
TASTE: THE GYRO-INSPIRED “GYBSON” MARTINI
Milas bar director Andrew Patterson finds inspiration for this Gibson riff in a lamb gyro.
TASTE: Apricot + almond leads in Sonia Castellani’s subtle SMOKE SHOW
Hamlet & Ghost Bar Director Sonia Castellani takes mezcal in a more subtle direction with almond and apricot.
GUEST SHIFT: SONIA CASTELLANI, Hamlet & Ghost
Sonia Castellani, bar director of Hamlet & Ghost in Saratoga Springs, talks about growing up in France, the importance of culinary flavors + the women who inspired her career.
TASTE: UBE MILK PUNCH — Sonia Castellani
At Hamlet & Ghost, the team leans on kitchen ingredients to coax flavors out of cocktails. Bar Director Sonia Castellani’s hot pink Ube Milk Punch is a clear case of less is more.