What makes a great Christmas cocktail? Is it the use of saccharine-sweet syrups to give it a green and red appearance? Is it a heavy pour of creme de menthe to make everything taste like a candy cane?

When winter’s embrace begins to unfurl, there’s a certain elixir that I simply must make—coquito. I was introduced to the drink by my dear friends Noelia and Abe, who are from San Juan, the vibrant ...

A Bronx woman's family recipe for making coquito will soon be hitting the shelves. Zoraida Graciani has won three masters competitions for her drink, which is a Puerto Rican egg-nog. Graciani says the ...

It wouldn't be the winter holidays without a few polarizing food and beverage choices including questionable cookies, novelty-flavored candy canes, and of course, eggnog, a drink where people hotly ...

For Karem Rodriguez, owner of The Modern Host Life in Winter Garden , coquito is the essence of the holidays. Back in her native Caguas, Puerto Rico, Rodriguez would sell coquito – the nation’s ...

For many in the islands, it’s not the Christmas season without cremas, coquito and other milky rum-based drinks. By Christina Morales In the Caribbean, the customary way of celebrating the holidays is ...

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NUMBER THAT WON’T CHANGE, THESE ARE JUST FOR NEW LINES. A NEW SACRAMENTO RESTAURANT IS BRINGING A LATIN AMERICAN TRADITION TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. BODEGA KITCHEN & COCKTAILS HOSTED A COQUITO ...