{"id":114381,"date":"2016-02-29T11:38:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T09:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/114381\/happy-leapday\/"},"modified":"2016-02-29T11:38:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T09:38:23","slug":"happy-leapday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/02\/29\/happy-leapday\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy #Leapday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Champagne Cocktail<\/h3>\n<p>The classic Champagne Cocktail\u00a0is made with sugar, Angostura bitters, Champagne, brandy and a maraschino cherry as a garnish. It is one of the official cocktails of the <a href=\"http:\/\/iba-world.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Bartenders Association (IBA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A recipe for the cocktail appears as early as &#8220;Professor&#8221; Jerry Thomas&#8217;\u00a0<em>Bon Vivant&#8217;s Companion<\/em>\u00a0(1862), which omits the brandy or cognac and is considered to be the &#8220;classic&#8221; American version.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Examples of Champagne Cocktails being consumed in fiction include the Victor Laszlo and Captain Renault characters in the 1942 classic movie, <em>Casablanca<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ykQq7hhOX7k' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>While the term\u00a0<em>champagne<\/em>\u00a0is often used generically to mean a sparkling wine, a true champagne comes\u00a0<em>only<\/em>\u00a0from the Champagne region of France, and is produced under the very strict rules of that appellation.\u00a0 The first champagne was produced accidentally; the characteristic bubbles were actually considered a mistake.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h3>And\u00a0a canape\u00a0to go with\u00a0your Champagne Cocktail:<\/h3>\n<p>Blinis with smoked salmon, creme fraiche, caviar (or fish roe) and dill.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/tnGjEcnMSPk' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='1db0920212643dc7cc1524e829480c6d'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suggested drink for this occasion is the classic Champagne Cocktail and to go with it, smoked salmon blinis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7782,"featured_media":114382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[10080,10081,10082,10083],"class_list":["post-114381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-canape","tag-champagne-cocktail","tag-happy-leapday","tag-leapday"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["canape","Champagne Cocktail","Happy Leapday","Leapday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}