Cocktailians

Author: vidiot

  • Drinky Linky

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    A few things I've run across lately: Joel Johnson kills a bottle of 30-year-old Canadian Club (and thanks for the shoutout, Joel!); which is certainly a better idea than painting with perfectly good bourbon; the Times urges us not to drink green crap on St. Patrick's Day, and features some top bartenders' ideas for other…

  • Red Hot Poker

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    Dave Arnold is the Director of Culinary Technology at the French Culinary Institute. More relevantly to this space, he's also a mad scientist, with a strong mixological bent. He's invented a "Red Hot Poker" that's electrically heated to over 1700°F, which he then plunges into drinks, caramelizing the sugars and adding a toasty note to…

  • Red Hot Poker

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    Dave Arnold is the Director of Culinary Technology at the French Culinary Institute. More relevantly to this space, he's also a mad scientist, with a strong mixological bent. He's invented a "Red Hot Poker" that's electrically heated to over 1700°F, which he then plunges into drinks, caramelizing the sugars and adding a toasty note to…

  • Pre-Prohibition Cocktail Party

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    Ladies and gentlemen, I have been to the mountaintop. Not only did I get to touch the Tree of Hope a couple of weeks ago, the other night I had Blue Blazers made by Dale DeGroff and David Wondrich. The occasion was a "Pre-Prohibition Cocktail Party" at Keens Steakhouse, as part of the Zagat Vintage…

  • Pre-Prohibition Cocktail Party

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    Ladies and gentlemen, I have been to the mountaintop. Not only did I get to touch the Tree of Hope a couple of weeks ago, the other night I had Blue Blazers made by Dale DeGroff and David Wondrich. The occasion was a "Pre-Prohibition Cocktail Party" at Keens Steakhouse, as part of the Zagat Vintage…

  • Drinky Linky

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    Some interesting things I've run across lately: Hand Signals at the Stork Club. Manager Sherman Billingsley demonstrates the various hand signals he used in running the famous boite to LIFE magazine. Utterly fascinating, and makes me wish I could've taken a gander at the place. (Thanks to Czeltic Girl for the link); We're getting close…

  • MxMo Submision: Aviation

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    Welcome, n00bs: this month's Mixology Monday theme is "First Time."  To wit; what cocktail does one serve to someone who's never had a cocktail before?  You want to whet their appetite for future cocktails (while simultaneously wetting their whistle), but you don't want to scare them off with tons of ingredients or acquired-taste flavors.  As…

  • MxMo Submision: Aviation

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    Welcome, n00bs: this month's Mixology Monday theme is "First Time."  To wit; what cocktail does one serve to someone who's never had a cocktail before?  You want to whet their appetite for future cocktails (while simultaneously wetting their whistle), but you don't want to scare them off with tons of ingredients or acquired-taste flavors.  As…

  • Drinky Linky: Au Revoir, LeNell

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    The above photo is of LeNell's, looking a little empty, about half an hour before the store (or, rather, the current incarnation of the store) closed down.  It's really more of an au revoir than a goodbye, because after a sojourn in Yurp and elsewhere, LeNell will be back in Brooklyn (despite my entreaties for…

  • Drinky Linky: Au Revoir, LeNell

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    The above photo is of LeNell's, looking a little empty, about half an hour before the store (or, rather, the current incarnation of the store) closed down.  It's really more of an au revoir than a goodbye, because after a sojourn in Yurp and elsewhere, LeNell will be back in Brooklyn (despite my entreaties for…