2015 Oscar Cocktails

What an exciting year in movies! The 2014 Best Picture nominees were all very strong contenders and were my inspiration for this year’s Oscar cocktails. Whether you have a viewing party or enjoy the awards show quietly at home, my thematic cocktails bring the excitement of Hollywood’s biggest night straight to your living room. So, roll out the red carpet, debate who wore it best, and cheers to all the nominees!

Click the links below for recipes for each drink.

ALL-AMERICAN COFFEE SHOT*
Film: American Sniper
- Winner: Best Sound Editing (Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman)
* Recipe in COCKTAIL CHAMELEON, pg. 221

FLIGHTLESS BIRD (AKA KIWI PUNCH)
Film: “Birdman”
- Winner: Best Picture
- Winner: Best Cinematography
- Winner: Best Directing (Alejandro G. Iñárritu)
- Winner: Best Original Screenplay (Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo)

TEXAS SUNRISE
Film: “Boyhood”
- Winner: Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette)

BOY WITH APPLE MARTINI – click here for the recipe!
Film: “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
-Winner: Best Costume Design (Milena Canonero)
-Winner: Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard)
-Winner: Best Original Score (Alexandre Desplat)
-Winner: Best Production Design (Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration))

ENIGMA
Film: “The Imitation Game”
- Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay (Written by Graham Moore)

MLK & HONEY
Film: “Selma”
- Winner: Best Original Song (Glory: Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn)

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THYME
Film: “The Theory of Everything”
- Winner: Best Actor (Eddie Redmayne)

DOUBLE-TIME SLING
Film: “Whiplash”
- Winner: Best Supporting Actor (J.K Simmons)
- Winner: Best Editing (Tom Cross)
- Winner: Best Sound Mixing (Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley)