Arise My Love is a movie from 1940 starring Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland. The film starts with Ray Milland in prison in Spain after he was caught fighting against the fascists. Claudette Colbert plays a reporter determined to get better assignments so she engineers a great story to write. She pretends to be Milland’s wife and successfully persuades the authorities to release him. They catch on though and there is a chase from Spain to France. That’s just the start.

The whole movie is about the need to fight fascists whatever way you are able to. It’s also a very charming romantic movie. And Colbert and Milland find love over cocktails of Champagne and Crème de Menthe.

It sounded like a terrible combination to me. But it’s green. So I tried it for a tipple for St Patrick’s Day. And, I’m not sure if it’s because I thought it was going to be terrible, but actually … I liked it. I had a few. I liked them all.

Maybe you will too?

Arise My Love Cocktail

Yield: Makes 1

Suitable for: Gluten-free diet

Ingredients:

• ½ shot (˜1 tbsp) Crème de Menthe
• ~250ml sparkling white wine

Instructions:

1. Just Pour & Stir once

   Pour the Crème de Menthe into a champagne saucer, top up with sparkling wine (Champagne, Prosecco, Cava, etc). Give it the briefest of stirs.

Enjoy!