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Did You Know… with Mike Furci
A column by Mike Furci that brings you research, trends and other info to help you with your fitness, health and nutritional needs. …the United States is the only developed country in the world that...
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Drink of the Week: The Fernet Branca Cocktail
I think it’s fair to say that probably no one really likes martinis as beginning drinkers. Vodka martinis might go down a bit easier than gin, but to neophytes, martinis taste pretty much like...
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Drink of the Week: The Flip
If you read up on your truly classic cocktails, you’ll find that, like sours and highballs, a flip is not just one drink but an entire category of drinks. The Egg Sour, for example, is actually a...
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Drink of the Week: The Perfect Manhattan
I was a little under the weather and teetotaling last week, and so I found myself late this weekend with a decision. I could take a week off from our little weekly get together. I could make a drink...
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Yes, we love anything with Kate Upton. Here’s a cool parody video called “You Got What I Eat” featuring Kate and Snoop Dog for Hot Pockets sandwiches with appearances by Oliver Cooper, Bow Wow and...
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Drink of the Week: The Will Rogers
Cowboy comic, movie star, and political commentator Will Rogers was a genuine superstar in his day — think a combination of Jon Stewart and Tom Hanks — but it’s his quotations that really sing to us...
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Drink of the Week: The Bijou
Last week, I invoked the literal spirit of Will Rogers to deal with the insanity that seemed to be sweeping our nation’s capital. As I begin writing this week, it’s starting to appear that some sanity...
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Drink of the Week: Bram Stoker’s Capitan
Halloween this year is a bit awkwardly placed, arriving next Thursday and forcing me to do my annual spooky-themed cocktail a bit too early for true relevance. I suppose people who throw Halloween...
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Drink of the Week: The Jack Rose
Considering I’ve never noticed it on a menu, and never tried it myself until about a week ago, there’s a really good chance you’ve never had yourself a Jack Rose. In fact, this once standard drink...
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Drink of the Week: The Brugal 1888 Maple Old Fashioned
It’s been a pretty long time since my first taste of hard liquor, and so it’s a rare thing when I try something that’s genuinely new to me. Still, when the generous gods of booze publicity saw fit to...
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Drink of the Week: The Laphroaig Scot’s Cider
Cynics and other smart people out there might be forgiven if they assumed that drinks prompted by free booze and recipes provided by the liquor industrial complex were slightly less good than the more...
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Cabo Diablo – New Flavored Tequila
This is the best new spirit I’ve tried in a long time. Cabo Wabo is known now just as much for its excellent tequilas as it is for its founder Sammy Hagar, and this new Cabo Diablo should attract...
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Drink of the Week: The Corpse Reviver #1 (Revisited)
Yes, we’ve been down this road before at DOTW, but our vehicle has had parts of its engine replaced. First, we covered the Corpse Reviver #2, and then we eventually got around to the far lesser known...
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Grand Marnier Signature Collection No. 2 – Raspberry Peach
The good folks at Grand Marnier sent us their new Signature Collection, the smooth and delicious Raspberry Peach. The Signature Collection Series is a unique annual flavor offering from Grand Marnier...
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Game of Thrones Beer!
We’re huge fans of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and many of you have followed our weekly blog of the show, so we were very happy when HBO and Brewery Ommegang sent us some bottles of their new “Game of...
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Ron White Still Loves His Scotch, But Now He’s Talking Tequila, Too
Earlier this month, I had a chance to chat with comedian Ron White – you probably know him best from his work on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour - in conjunction with his latest round of tour dates...
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Downton Abbey Wine Collection
Fans of the hit PBS show “Downton Abbey” can now enjoy wines similar to those poured by Mr. Carson for Lord and Lady Grantham. The Downton Abbey Wine Collection features two blends from the Bordeaux...
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Drink of the Week: The Applejack Old Fashioned
I mentioned last week that I would be returning to the theme of that ultimate American hard liquor, applejack, for Thanksgiving weekend. And, so, here we are — using the once ubiquitous apple brandy...
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Drink of the Week: The Dominicana 1888
If you’re going to build a cocktail around a distinctive, high end spirit, I think it’s definitely better if you can still distinctly taste that spirit. Sure, a lot of cocktails benefit from a sort of...
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Drink of the Week: The Elk’s Own
I am supposed to be mildly allergic to red wine. In fact, it was the discovery that wine tasting trips tended to give me a mild, brief malaise — somewhere between a feeling of actual sickness and very...
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