Welcome 2015! A new year brings fresh starts and new beginnings. And so, a new family food blog is born. Thanks for stopping by NY Foodie Family! We are a family of four who love to cook and eat. We are hoping to share our culinary adventures with you! Besides recipes and New York focused restaurant and food product reviews, we also hope to share the culinary happenings going on in New York state.
January 1st is Bloody Mary Day.
Despite fanciful notions that the Bloody Mary cocktail dates to the time of Mary Tudor (queen of England 1553-58) who earned her epithet for vigorous prosecution of Protestants, the drink likely earned its name simply for being red from tomato juice. The cocktail’s popularity also coincided with that of the musical “South Pacific”, which has a character named “Bloody Mary”.
If you’d like to buy some New York made Bloody Mary mix, check out:
Murph’s Famous Blood Mary Mix http://www.murphsfamous.com/ which started out being made at Murph’s kitchen table in Long Island and is now sold in over 200 stores in the New York and New Jersey area. You can buy the mix directly from the website for $6.99 for a 1 liter bottle, which comes in your choice of: Regular and Hot & Spicy.
New York City is filled with thousands of restaurants, many of which serve brunch and a Blood Mary. I’ve found three that have received multiple mentions in local “best of” lists online:
Brooklyn Star’s Bloody Bull ($9) (http://www.thebrooklynstar.com/) – Vodka, bloody mary mix, beef broth and pickled beans
Prune ($12) (http://prunerestaurant.com/) – Their menu consists of eleven different variations of the Bloody Mary – the most interesting sounding is “The Chicago” consisting of homemade lemon vodka, pickled brussels sprouts, baby white turnips, caperberries, green beans and radishes.
King Cole Bar ($25) (http://www.kingcolebar.com/) considered the birth place of the Bloody Mary, originally introduced as the “Red Snapper” in 1934 by bartender Fernand Petiot.
So, enjoy a Bloody Mary today, especially if you’re in need of a hangover cure! Since we rang in the new year at home, cozy in our pajamas, toasting with some sparkling apple cider, I think I’ll be OK!
