Eat, Drink and Be Merry 20/3/2014

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Eat, Drink and Be Merry with Kristina

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Bay FM - 99.9FMEat, Drink and Be Merry with KristinaEpisode first aired on 20 March 2014 at 10:00 pmIt's the roaring 20’s, prohibition is in full swing but that hasn’t stopped the wild parties in secret locations. The grog they made wasn’t fantastic but they made up for it with fabulous music and dancing.Tonight we’ll be heading back to the 1920’s, I’ll be giving you party tips to help you throw your own 20’s style party plus recipes for a Manhattan cocktail and a Champagne cocktail. The music will be everything from big band to electro swing – let’s get started.Champagne Cocktail – this is a simple onePut a sugar cube on a plate and saturate it with some bitters and pop it in champagne glassNow this step is optional - add ½ an oz of brandy or cognac to the glassNext fill the glass with chilled champagne or sparkling wine.And finally add a twist of lemon as a garnish. Great Gatsby cocktailAdd green chartreuse instead of bitters to the sugar cube And add a lime twist Manhattan cocktailMixing glass fill with ice then add1 oz of Sweet varmoth3 dashes of bitter2 oz Rye whiskeystir it gently to make sure its fully chilledthen strain into a well chilled martini glassgarnish with a maraschino cherry Tips for throwing a 20’s style party:Fancy Dress it must be fancy dress, this will really help create the mood – think flappers and gangsters. Make sure you also have a box at the party filled with extra dress ups for the people who didn’t manage to pull something together. Fully stocked bar set up to make loads of different classic cocktails – I like having a few cheat sheets with instructions on making 10 different cocktails so guest can make their own if you don’t have a bartenderThe venue If you can hire a venue that is tucked away and difficult to find all the better – the original speakeasys were always in secret locations and you had to follow clues to be able to find it such as a painted blue dog sign out front of a warehouse. Oh, and a secret knock to get in would be pretty cool too Decorations: make sure you set the mood when people walk in the door. you want to create the feeling of being in a hidden back room fill with glamous people and few glamourous touches

Room should have low lighting, maybe you could string up some party lights and replace all the bulbs with red and blue ones. And use floor lamps with low voltage warm bulbs.

Drape red velvet over chairs and sofas - maybe a faux fur here and there. You can start early and check out the op shops for lounge chairs and sofas

Set up small round tables with different rich coloured fabrics thrown over them as table cloths and then use wooden crates to sit on

Empty bottles (wine or grog) with candles in them grouped together look great

At the op shops you can also collect heaps of different bits of crystal and cocktail glasses to add to the mood

If you’re feeling artistic you can take an old sheet and paint a large art deco image on it and hang it on the wall

Photo booth Set up a gangster photo booth for mug shots, make sure you have plenty of props handy for the photosFood Have plenty of canapés being served around the room all night Track listing