Author: vidiot
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Kola Tonic: New York Works In Mysterious Ways
A couple weeks ago, I was casting about for ideas for this month’s Mixology Monday, and I flipped through Dr. Cocktail’s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails (a truly wonderful book, by the buy), looking for brandy recipes. I was intrigued by the Filmograph Cocktail for a couple reasons: not only its wonderfully evocative name ("redolent…
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Kola Tonic: New York Works In Mysterious Ways
A couple weeks ago, I was casting about for ideas for this month’s Mixology Monday, and I flipped through Dr. Cocktail’s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails (a truly wonderful book, by the buy), looking for brandy recipes. I was intrigued by the Filmograph Cocktail for a couple reasons: not only its wonderfully evocative name ("redolent…
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Shaking vs. Stirring Pt. II: DrinksCompanion Drops Some Science
One of the things that makes cocktailian culture so endlessly fascinating (aside from the alcohol, of course) is the sheer variety of it all; aside from the infinite number of drinks and recipes out there, there are often several different ways to make a given drink (which brands of spirits do you use, and in…
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Shaking vs. Stirring Pt. II: DrinksCompanion Drops Some Science
One of the things that makes cocktailian culture so endlessly fascinating (aside from the alcohol, of course) is the sheer variety of it all; aside from the infinite number of drinks and recipes out there, there are often several different ways to make a given drink (which brands of spirits do you use, and in…
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Shaking vs. Stirring: Brothers, Sisters, Come Together!
The Baltimore Sun chimes in on the never-ending debate on how best to mix and chill one’s martini. Turns out it’s as much a sizzle-versus-steak argument as it is about anything substantial in re the actual finished product. "When I was in Tokyo, I liked the way Japanese bartenders would shake martinis," says David Myers,…
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Shaking vs. Stirring: Brothers, Sisters, Come Together!
The Baltimore Sun chimes in on the never-ending debate on how best to mix and chill one’s martini. Turns out it’s as much a sizzle-versus-steak argument as it is about anything substantial in re the actual finished product. "When I was in Tokyo, I liked the way Japanese bartenders would shake martinis," says David Myers,…
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Now Here’s A Civilized Approach To Self-Discipline
This method, from Academic Productivity, and used here to drive a rolling writing deadline, could (and, oh yes, should) be adapted to any pursuit that one finds less than palatable: What I call the Martini Method is named after an anecdote I once read about the novelist Anthony Burgess (of Clockwork Orange fame). Burgess was…
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Now Here’s A Civilized Approach To Self-Discipline
This method, from Academic Productivity, and used here to drive a rolling writing deadline, could (and, oh yes, should) be adapted to any pursuit that one finds less than palatable: What I call the Martini Method is named after an anecdote I once read about the novelist Anthony Burgess (of Clockwork Orange fame). Burgess was…
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Night and Day
I’ve gone out drinking with friends twice in the past couple days, and in reviewing the various evenings’ carousal, what strikes me the most is the utter contrast between the two excursions. Let’s start with Saturday evening. A friend from work was having a party at Jour et Nuit, a lounge near the Plaza Hotel. …
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Night and Day
I’ve gone out drinking with friends twice in the past couple days, and in reviewing the various evenings’ carousal, what strikes me the most is the utter contrast between the two excursions. Let’s start with Saturday evening. A friend from work was having a party at Jour et Nuit, a lounge near the Plaza Hotel. …