Cocktailians

Author: vidiot

  • Bahamas Cocktail Report

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    I love New York, but sometimes you gotta get out of town every now and then.  So I just got back from a week in the Bahamas with my girlfriend — and while I was there, I was anxious to check out the Nassau cocktail scene. Our resort had an open bar (several, in fact)…

  • Bahamas Cocktail Report

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    vidiot
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    I love New York, but sometimes you gotta get out of town every now and then.  So I just got back from a week in the Bahamas with my girlfriend — and while I was there, I was anxious to check out the Nassau cocktail scene. Our resort had an open bar (several, in fact)…

  • Rhum Cures at Madaleine Mae’s

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    The other day, my girlfriend and I checked out a new restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.  Madaleine Mae has been open since Super Tuesday (even if its website is emblazoned "Fall 2007"), and serves up some tasty Southern food including superb fried chicken, some very good succotash, and even an appetizer consisting of some…

  • Rhum Cures at Madaleine Mae’s

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    vidiot
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    The other day, my girlfriend and I checked out a new restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.  Madaleine Mae has been open since Super Tuesday (even if its website is emblazoned "Fall 2007"), and serves up some tasty Southern food including superb fried chicken, some very good succotash, and even an appetizer consisting of some…

  • Sunée Savors Sazeracs

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    Spotted in a NYT interview with author Kim Sunée: While in New Orleans, she stayed at the Windsor Court Hotel with a friend and spent inordinate amounts of time with him in its fancy Polo Club Lounge, fascinated as a bartender named Roger theatrically concocted Sazeracs. “I’m not a cocktail kind of girl,” she said.…

  • Sunée Savors Sazeracs

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    vidiot
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    Spotted in a NYT interview with author Kim Sunée: While in New Orleans, she stayed at the Windsor Court Hotel with a friend and spent inordinate amounts of time with him in its fancy Polo Club Lounge, fascinated as a bartender named Roger theatrically concocted Sazeracs. “I’m not a cocktail kind of girl,” she said.…

  • Raiders of the Lost Cocktail: Apricot Brandy.

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    This is the first time I’ve managed to get my lazy, absentminded, procrastinatory ass in gear and participate in what is now the third installment of Raiders of the Lost Cocktail, run by the folks over at The Spirit World. (Deadline for entries was last Friday, the 15th.) The general idea behind it is this:…

  • Raiders of the Lost Cocktail: Apricot Brandy.

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    vidiot
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    This is the first time I’ve managed to get my lazy, absentminded, procrastinatory ass in gear and participate in what is now the third installment of Raiders of the Lost Cocktail, run by the folks over at The Spirit World. (Deadline for entries was last Friday, the 15th.) The general idea behind it is this:…

  • St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur

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    I’ve been seeing St. Germain Elderflower liqueur popping up on cocktail menus everywhere.  St. Germain is a handcrafted artisinal liqueur from France made from elderflowers, which grow wild in most of Europe and have a short blooming period.  Historically, it’s been difficult to turn elderflowers into alcohol, but the makers of St. Germain discovered a…

  • St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur

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    vidiot
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    I’ve been seeing St. Germain Elderflower liqueur popping up on cocktail menus everywhere.  St. Germain is a handcrafted artisinal liqueur from France made from elderflowers, which grow wild in most of Europe and have a short blooming period.  Historically, it’s been difficult to turn elderflowers into alcohol, but the makers of St. Germain discovered a…