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Pisco Sours at Panca, originally uploaded by Vidiot. A couple weeks ago, we had some delightful Pisco Sours at Panca. Nice hot-weather drink (Not much else to add, except this is a drink that I never think to order unless, like here, it’s showcased on a menu. And every time I order one, I always…

Rosé pour, originally uploaded by Vidiot. It’s not all cocktails here — this past Saturday, some friends and I went out to Long Island’s North Fork wine country for a brief tour of some vineyards and a little tasting. Some good wines, some shockingly bad ones, The LIRR’s “Wine Country One-Day Getaway was a very…

Rosé pour, originally uploaded by Vidiot. It’s not all cocktails here — this past Saturday, some friends and I went out to Long Island’s North Fork wine country for a brief tour of some vineyards and a little tasting. Some good wines, some shockingly bad ones, The LIRR’s “Wine Country One-Day Getaway was a very…

Aloha, I’ve been making myself scarce (and keeping myself sober), for the past couple of months due to  dietary/health concerns, but after officially shedding 20 pounds, and shaving almost 20 points off my blood pressure I decided it was time to celebrate by treating myself to a tropical libation. In a recent e-mail discussion with…

Aloha, I’ve been making myself scarce (and keeping myself sober), for the past couple of months due to  dietary/health concerns, but after officially shedding 20 pounds, and shaving almost 20 points off my blood pressure I decided it was time to celebrate by treating myself to a tropical libation. In a recent e-mail discussion with…

May I present to you the latest innovation in whiskey perfection: the ice sphere. Apparently rounded ice cubes, having less surface area than regular boring old six-sided ice (or D4s or D20s or whatever other shapes they make ice trays in these days), melt slower, thus ensuring more nursing time for you and your drinkable…

May I present to you the latest innovation in whiskey perfection: the ice sphere. Apparently rounded ice cubes, having less surface area than regular boring old six-sided ice (or D4s or D20s or whatever other shapes they make ice trays in these days), melt slower, thus ensuring more nursing time for you and your drinkable…

All this talk about cocktails and no one’s fessed up as to which shaker they use.  I personally use a Screwpull 20-oz stainless steel cocktail shaker.  I’ve tried many cocktail shakers over the years, and one of my major complaints was that it was very difficult to twist open the top without some effort, and…

All this talk about cocktails and no one’s fessed up as to which shaker they use.  I personally use a Screwpull 20-oz stainless steel cocktail shaker.  I’ve tried many cocktail shakers over the years, and one of my major complaints was that it was very difficult to twist open the top without some effort, and…

One night while sipping an icy Chopin vodka martini, as I slid a plump, succulent olive off the toothpick and between my waiting teeth, a thought occurred to me: "Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have metal toothpicks instead of wooden/plastic ones?" So I googled, and lo and behold, found these: So elegant and chic!  And…