Bugs Bunny never showed fear on screen. He calmly chomped a carrot when staring down shotgun-toting nemesis Elmer Fudd. But off camera, the famous toon hare was a rumored coffee-drinking, tequila swilling Hollywood denizen who, after a few of these cocktails, dug up his neighbors’ vegetable gardens.

What’s Up
2 ounces tequila
1/2 ounce Kahlua
1/4 ounce almond syrup
1 orange slice, cut in quarters

Put all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with several ice cubes. Shake vigorously for 15 seconds. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish? No carrots, please! (An orange twist would be nice.)

Tasting notes: Sophisticated and multilayered.

Tomorrow: Hmmm…

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