Friday, finally - it's here!!!! The rain we're getting precedes a cold front that should send temperatures plummeting (well, maybe) into the 60°'s. Plus, it is festival season in H-Town, which means outdoor activities, arts, culture, music and - the opportunity to feast upon crap-on-a-stick and turkey legs, while drinking whatever grog-in-a-keg is available for sale. Fall weather makes us start dreaming of chili, chicken & dumplin's, gumbo and baked apple and cinnamon goodness, oh, and pumpkin (good and good for you and not just for pies, anymore). So, here's a gullet-warming cocktail named after a well-known military commander (bonus, it's a bourbon drink - we love bourbon, a lot).
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