I chose my wedding location in no small part based on the fact that the property housed a giant fig tree. Although I had never tasted a fresh fig ...
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It's believed that Count Camillo Negroni asked his bartender to stiffen up an Americano cocktail (comprised of soda water, sweet vermouth, and cam...
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It's Negroni Week, and to celebrate, I'm revisiting one of my favorite drinks for any occasion. I wrote about the classic Negroni last year, a...
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The quality and variety of alcoholic beverages available today in major markets is better than ever before, and access to cocktail recipes is jus...
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I’ve once again stumbled into The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon, in which I come to notice that topics of interest pop up all around me. I’m often...
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Over the past few months, I seem to have shifted my booze consumption back to the basics: drinking mostly neat pours (unmixed liquor served withou...
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About a year ago, I took a trip to New Orleans — home to every delicious food vice imaginable. What surprised me, however, was a random little j...
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Serves four - six For the tarragon syrup: 4 sprigs of fresh tarragon 3⁄4 cup of sugar 1 cup of water For the lemonade: 1 cup of lemon ju...
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makes one 2 tablespoons of kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon of chili powder 2 ounces of fresh lime juice (from about 3 limes) 1 ounce of tomato juic...
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For most of the country, the long days of summer have passed and people are preparing for cooler weather and changing leaves. But in California, w...