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Ring in the new year with some rum cocktails
As you host or head to a party tonight, here are some cocktail and bottle suggestions for anyone looking for rum drinks. We start with Facundo Eximo, one of the premium sipping rums from Bacardi....
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Drink of the Week: Barbary Coast or Bishop
If my first selection of 2017 sounds to you like it should have a question mark after it’s name, you’re not far off. This drink is another selection from David Embury’s cocktail masterwork, “The Fine...
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Drink of the Week: The Toronto Cocktail
Last week’s drink might have been a bit uncertain when it came to its geographical underpinnings, but this week’s is pretty clear that it’s an homage to Canada’s most populous city, a place I have not...
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Drink of the Week: The White Negroni
I’m thinking that this weekend, in particular, you could use a drink and, of course, you’ve come to the right place. That will be particularly true if you’re looking for an interesting variation on an...
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Upgrade your Super Bowl party with these food ideas
Super Bowl LI is less than a week away, with the four-time champion New England Patriots set to face off against the Atlanta Falcons, which means that it’s time to start planning your annual party....
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Drink of the Week: The Liar’s Cocktail
It’s Super Bowl weekend, but I’ve got bigger things on my mind… You see, we cocktail writers like to make a big deal about the names of cocktails and why we choose particular ones to write about at...
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Drink of the Week: The Honeymoon Cocktail
Valentine’s Day is Tuesday, and you’ll probably want a drink. If you’re lucky in love, and perhaps have recently tied the knot with that special someone, today’s truly old school classic cocktail might...
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Drink of the Week: The Killer in Red
If the name of this week’s drink sounds like the title of a mid-20th century pulpy crime thriller to you, you’re half right. It’s taken from a very classy, though entirely promotional, 13 minute...
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Drink of the Week: Eeyore’s Requiem
Last week, we had a drink that highlighted the bittersweet pleasures of Campari, a sometimes divisive liqueur that is nevertheless a classic cocktail essential. This Oscar weekend, we’re quite...
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Drink of the Week: El Americano Blanco
Now, please, don’t take the name of the this mixed beverage, my own creation, too literally. Yes, we live in times when basic human decency is on trial, but trust me, the drink which, my poor high...
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Drink of the Week: The Claridge Cocktail
I stumbled over this week’s beverage in Gary Regan’s “The Joy of Mixology,” but it’s original source is the oft-cited-here “The Savoy Cocktail Book” by Harry Craddock. Since Craddock was the bartender...
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Drink of the Week: The Classic Cocktail
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Moving on, I must admit that I’ve been a bit distracted to the point where it only just occurred to me after finishing this post that it would go live on America’s second...
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Drink of the Week: The Park Avenue Cocktail
So many cocktails appear to be named after tony locales, and the Park Avenue Cocktail fits right in with that. Though it’s been a long time since I’ve been to New York City, and I can’t conjure an...
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Drink of the Week: The Rose
Perhaps the rarest of all experiences in my cocktailian explorations is discovering a new base spirit to build mixed drinks around. After all, most of us who drink to any extent have made at least a...
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Drink of the Week: Jezebel (TCM Fest 2017 Salute #1)
Yes, it’s time once again for our annual salute to classic cinema and this year’s TCM Film Fest. The 2017 edition was a bittersweet affair this year due to the passing of the network’s universally...
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Drink of the Week: A Postcard from the Edge (2017 TCM Fest Salute #2)
Last year, as we all know, wasn’t so great, and I’m not sure that any of us know what to make of this one. But in a year full of public tragedy and disaster, the saddest purely show business moment of...
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Drink of the Week: Born Yesterday (TCM Fest Salute #3)
Hey, it’s Cinco de Mayo. Yeah, I know, I just realized it myself! So, no South of the Border-themed drink today, but seriously, have a classic style margarita on me. They’re great. Now on to the real...
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Drink of the Week: Theodora Goes Wild (TCM Fest 2017 Salute #4)
So, we’re back with this year’s fourth and final salute to the TCM Fest 2017. While this year’s festival was tinged with sadness, largely because of the departure from our planetary sphere of people...
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Drink of the Week: The Prosecutor
Cocktail names are a bit like rock band names. You can pretty much pick a noun and there’s a good chance there’s already been a drink named after it. So, as I was pondering the news of the day and...
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