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March 3, 2022

Mother of Japanese Whisky – Rita Taketsuru

Behind every good man is a great woman That’s the saying, right, or something like that. However, we get the point of it all. Jessie..

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February 24, 2022

Easy Paloma Cocktail to Beat Your Winter Blues

Traditionally, I associate this drink with summertime, even though grapefruit is a winter fruit.  Grapefruit is one of my fave fruit juice mixers. It has..

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February 22, 2022

Café Au Lait Inspired Coffee Crumble Cookies 

Café au lait is French for coffee with milk. In my world, it’s café au lait day, every day (although technically it’s on February 17th)…

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February 17, 2022

Añejo Old Fashioned is Your New Favorite Drink

The life story bit:  Maybe the title is a bit of an exaggeration, or maybe my friends only order Old Fashioneds? Either way, I don’t know..

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February 11, 2022

Galentine’s Day Mini Pancake and Mini French Toast Brunch

The “commercial”-iest (is that a word? We’ll just call it a TY word ?) of holidays is upon us. You either love it or hate..

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Paleo Sashimi Board for Valentine’s Date Night

Sushi or pasta? That is usually mine and Jared’s go-to date night menu. We are trying to expand, but sushi and pasta are fanciful comfort..

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Baked Spaghetti

Happy New year everyone! We hope you had a great holiday season. We’re off to our usual here at WWWW, bringing the party and joy..

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Brownie Ice Cream Sandwich Cake

ICE CREAM CAKE OR SANDWICH? Is it an ice cream sandwich or ice cream cake? I’ll let you decide. Either way, it’s belly-approved. This is..

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S’mores Blizzard

What is summertime for, if not for s’mores and ice cream? Not only does the summer warm weather call for ice cream, but it is..

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Somen Salad

Throwing something healthy at you today to kick start your week! At least I’m pretty sure it’s healthy….it has vegetables in it. Ha. Well, we’re..

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Hawai’i Style Andagi

You’re probably wondering… 1. How do you pronounce this word? 2.  And what is it? Well first, it’s pronounced Ahn-da-geeh. Second, it is an Okinawan..

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Whiskey While We Work is a fun filled blog for creative party hosts and at-home mixologists. We post festive cocktails, shareable foods, and affordable DIYs for celebrating at home. It’s run by two fun ladies (Karen Khounthavong & Tiana Yamamoto) who try to explore the world one beautiful project at a time.

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Behind every good man is a great woman​​​​​​​​. That’s the saying, right? Or something like that. Jessie Roberta Cowan, known as Rita Taketsuru, the mother of Japanese Whisky, was this great woman behind Masataka Taketsuru- the founder of Nikka Japanese Whisky and the first Japanese Whisky distiller. Today on the blog we look at Rita's contribution to the creation of Nikka Whisky.​​​​​​​​
Did you know that in Ancient Rome, women were not allowed to drink alcohol and could have been put to death if caught in the act? It makes us want to chug a bottle just thinking about it. Not that we condone that but definitely think that you should #forkthepatriarchy and drink the wine, ladies! Head on over to our blog for our Red Wine Hot Chocolate recipe and indulge the heck out of yourself. ​​​​​​​​
Happy Women's History Month from your two favorite internet party host! We will be making recipes all month long inspired by the badass women in Alcohol history. For anyone who needs to hear this today and EVERYDAY: We see you! You are resilient, wonderful, and inspiring! We wouldn't be here without you and the other women we know and those you came before us! ​​​​​​​​
This easy Paloma recipe is perfect for bringing the sunshine into your life and a delightful zesty, tequila-based cocktail. Don’t forget your sunglasses! ​​​​​​​​
Tell us what your weekend plans are in 3 emojis in the comments below! We wish we could send you a coffee cookie via Instagram to get you through your Wednesday but maybe daydreaming about your weekend while looking at a cookie might help (recipe link in bio).​​​​​​​​

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DIY Coasters

Back at it with an easy and (always) fun DIY. This DIY is customizable to your style. One size does not fit all, and things..

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DIY Shot Skis and Our Fave Vodkas to Gift | 12 Days of Drinkmas

We are hitting the slopes with this post today! The inaugural 2021 Drinkmas post is a DIY technically and not a cocktail, but it’s winter-themed..

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