Over the past few weeks there have been a variety of holiday parties; editors attended the Cincinnati Insurance Board holiday party, their own ALM holiday party, and the Insurance Library's Virtual Holiday Party. While we don't like to play favorites, and a party in person is generally better than a virtual party, we have to admit that the virtual party with the Insurance Library was tops. Why, you might ask? What can a virtual holiday party offer that an in person party with food and beverages can't? A class on making cocktails is the answer.

The Library was fortunate enough to be able to have Naomi Levy , a truly fabulous and world-renowned bartender, teach the class how to make a few cocktails, explaining the whys and wherefores of the tools and techniques of the trade. Not only that, but she created a cocktail specifically for the library and the library had a cocktail naming contest since all good cocktails need a good name. A number of great entries were submitted but the winning name was created by our very own managing editor Christine Barlow, and the cocktail is The Assumption of Risk. So how does one make this fabulous, insurancey cocktail? Here's the recipe:

Assumption of Risk