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MxMo Submission: Tippecanoe Sparkler

Dec 15, 2008

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This month's Mixology Monday theme is "Spice." Craig at Tiki Drinks & Indigo Firmaments is hosting, and says "Spice should give you plenty of room to play – from the winter warmers of egg nog, wassail and mulled products to the strange and interesting infusions of pepper, ceubub, grains of paradise, nutmeg — what have…

Attention Must Be Paid

Dec 9, 2008

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Eric Felten at the WSJ on the sad (and enraging) state of most grand hotel bars: Once upon a time, hotel bars set the standard for sophisticated drinking, with barmen who were the best in the business. . .Nowadays you're lucky to find a hotel bartender whose vocabulary extends very far beyond Vodka-Tonic. Over the…

Attention Must Be Paid

Dec 9, 2008

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vidiot

in Seen Elsewhere

Eric Felten at the WSJ on the sad (and enraging) state of most grand hotel bars: Once upon a time, hotel bars set the standard for sophisticated drinking, with barmen who were the best in the business. . .Nowadays you're lucky to find a hotel bartender whose vocabulary extends very far beyond Vodka-Tonic. Over the…

Proof Positive

Dec 8, 2008

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The NYT continues to do good things lately, cocktail-wise: last night they quietly launched Proof, a new blog about "alcohol and American life." Features, among other authors, Jim Meehan of PDT.

Happy Repeal Day

Dec 5, 2008

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To celebrate Repeal Day today, I wrote a piece for NewYorkology on Prohibition in New York and speakeasies both historic and modern. Do check it out, and hoist a classic cocktail to celebrate. (Image credit: ProhibitionRepeal.com)

Field Guide to Cocktailian Bartenders/Mixologsts/Bar Chefs/[Insert Name Here]

Dec 3, 2008

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The Times limns the various philosophies of cocktailian drink-makers in this handy guide. And it's shades of a previous post, but the Times also has the skinny on describes a different kind of revival, and we have the Dude to thank for it. UPDATE: How'd I miss this one? To complete the trifecta, the Times…

Field Guide to Cocktailian Bartenders/Mixologsts/Bar Chefs/[Insert Name Here]

Dec 3, 2008

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vidiot

in Seen Elsewhere

The Times limns the various philosophies of cocktailian drink-makers in this handy guide. And it's shades of a previous post, but the Times also has the skinny on describes a different kind of revival, and we have the Dude to thank for it. UPDATE: How'd I miss this one? To complete the trifecta, the Times…