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Drink of the Week: The Quiet Man (TCM Fest Salute #3)
This is part three of our salute to the TCM Classic Film Fest (see parts one and two here and here). This week, a quandary was solved by my realization that the annual double-act of drinking related...
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Drink of the Week: Ward No. 5 (TCM Fest Salute #4)
You can make a case that the final drink inspired by some of the best films I was lucky enough to see at this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival is easily the best of the batch — the rest of which you...
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Empire Rockefeller Vodka
I love trying new spirits and discovering bottles that I can recommend to friends, but that rarely happens with vodka. Sure, there are subtle differences between premium vodkas and the volume brands...
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Drink of the Week: Bitters & Blonde
After kinda sorta creating four new classic cinema inspired cocktails, I’m definitely ready to take it easy this week with a cocktail that’s about as simple as cocktails get. It’s actually worse that...
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Drink of the Week: The Leatherneck Cocktail
Memorial Day weekend of 2014 is about to get underway. For most of us, it’s just another Monday holiday and the gateway to summer vacation time. For those of us who have lost someone important in one...
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5 Burger Joints Worth Traveling For
Free digital image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhoto.net/By Grant Cochrane It might not be the healthiest cuisine option around, but a really great burger is something that can satisfy cravings and turn a...
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Drink of the Week: The Fifty-Fifty Cocktail
Tastes change, my friends. As a child, I pretty much only knew yellow mustard. As I grew, I discovered Gulden’s Brown, Grey Poupon, and various other not-so-exotic variants. I quickly learned to...
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Drink of the Week: The Olivette
I’ve slipped up again in the holiday boozing department as there’s nothing particularly Father’s Day appropriate about today’s drink. Of course, there’s also nothing particularly un-fatherly about it....
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Drink of the Week: The Russian
You know the White Russian and you probably know the Black Russian, which subtracts the diary product but leaves the Kahlua and vodka. Still, I bet the Russian, full stop, is unknown to you, as it was...
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Drink of the Week: The Ford Cocktail, Version 1
Happy July 4! I wish I could say I have a drink that’s a perfect salute to the ol’ red, white, and blue. Honestly, however, today’s drink has no particular connection with the holiday or even the auto...
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Drink of the Week: The Ford Cocktail, Version 2
As I tried to rescue the Ford Cocktail for a second week in row from my own mixed feelings, at times I was tempted just declare victory and move on,a la Vietnam. I am, instead, prepared to declare...
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Drink of the Week: The Rockford
If you’ve seen the movies you know that James Bond drank, kind of a lot. If you’ve read the books, you know there are times when James Bond drank and drank and then drank some more. If you’re a fan of...
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Drink of the Week: Pago Pago (a la Selvarey)
If you’ve been reading these posts regularly you know that I tend to lean strongly towards anything that makes good cocktails easier, simpler, or cheaper. Today, I’m here to tell you that the bottle of...
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Drink of the Week: The Laphroaig Suntanned Scotsman
There are some drinks that seem to be endlessly adjustible. Some might prefer their martini’s super-dry, and I might like a Fifty-Fifty but, at either extreme or somewhere in the middle, a martini can...
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Drink of the Week: The Hemingway Daiquiri (a la Selvarey)
It’s a good drink, a true drink, an honest drink. Okay, I’ll skip the lousy Hemingway parodies from now on, but you should be nevertheless be prepared for a bit of extra exuberance as this week’s...
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Drink of the Week: The Liberal (modern style)
Yes, it won’t be shock if you’ve been paying close attention, but I’m a liberal. Not a Noam Chomsky-style ultra-progressive or a concern-trolling Tom Friedman/Joe Klein style enabler of everything that...
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Quantity versus Quality: Solving the Protein Puzzle
Protein, essential for life and good health, is somewhat of a puzzle to those who want to understand how to stay healthy and maintain a good weight. We know protein is essential, but many don’t know...
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The Selvarey Chicago Fizz
Today’s drink is the most deliciously nutritious and possibly (though not definitely) the last of the cocktails we’ll be featuring here with a base booze provided by the skilled distillers of Selvarey...
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Drink of the Week: The Ideal Cocktail
A long time ago, a boss of mine was discussing an upcoming project and said something to the effect that “in an ideal world, we’d complete this task in two or three days.” I said, something like, “No,...
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Drink of the Week: The Blinker (Duffy’s Version)
The Blinker was one of the many moribund beverages revived by Ted Haigh in his epochal 2009 book, Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails. Haigh, in turn, found the drink in a 1934 tome by a Patrick...
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