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Sometimes in the morning I don’t have to look out the window to know it’s going to be a lousy day. Grayness can be felt […]
Continue reading »If I had to choose one bottle of bitter to drink for the rest of my life, it would undoubtedly be Angostura. Omnipresent at the […]
Continue reading »One of the nice things about going to a bar (or bars) is that everything you need is there . Good ice , gourmet cherries, […]
Continue reading »I don’t know if you’re aware, but I recently traveled from Portland to New York to take part in a small collective action . As […]
Continue reading »One thing I’ve noticed during my cocktail training is that a lot of bartenders get very excited about Dark ‘n Stormy. Pre-shift, mid-shift, post-shift, Dark […]
Continue reading »Drinking and dining is a Valentine’s Day tradition, but I prefer appetizers and cocktails. If you want to make a similar pivot, you will need […]
Continue reading »I’m bad on Valentine’s Day. Or maybe I’m very good at it. My boyfriend and I give each other gifts if the right gift comes […]
Continue reading »Any person who looks through the dossier of my life will find that from childhood to this day, in papers such as report cards, teacher […]
Continue reading »In most cases, at least a few of my friends participate in Dry January. The last few years have not been like most years. I […]
Continue reading »I don’t think I really know what the term “Year of Champagne” means. I vaguely remember that someone once told me about it, but the […]
Continue reading »When it comes to hand-brewing coffee, the AeroPress is on the more sophisticated side. It doesn’t have the crafty authority of a pourover, the solidity […]
Continue reading »My idea of wisdom is knowing better than judging how someone orders a martini*. This is a deeply personal thing. Among the most classic shaken […]
Continue reading »I will always love the dirty martini. This was my gateway to the wild and wonderful world of gin, and I love any excuse to […]
Continue reading »I hate to brag, but one of the best things about being estranged from most of my family (aside from self-preservation) is that I don’t […]
Continue reading »A little about myself: I love cocktails. I love making them. I love to drink them. I care a lot about them. I mostly show […]
Continue reading »It is difficult for me to prepare warm cocktails. I have an overactive internal oven and hot ethanol tends to come off aggressively. (I even […]
Continue reading »I’m too dumb to understand “analytics”, but I suspect “what wine goes well with turkey?” this time of year is often searched on Google. Pinot […]
Continue reading »Buying a bottle of liquor for someone when you don’t know much about that particular alcohol ranks just below public speaking on the pressure scale. […]
Continue reading »Espresso Martinis are really happy now. I know this not because I am constantly on the pulse of cocktail culture and my social media feeds […]
Continue reading »Today, nine years ago, my partner and I went on a first date. Of course, at that time I did not know that it was […]
Continue reading »Since childhood, I have been drinking Diet Coke. In addition to the stomach-soothing ginger beer or Dr. Pepper (my special occasion diet soda) Diet Coke […]
Continue reading »Depending on how simple the coffee appears to be on its surface, there are many factors that will influence the perfect cup for your individual […]
Continue reading »It takes me ages to get ready, and I’m chronically late. I don’t like these two facts about me, but they are. It got to […]
Continue reading »With the advent of modern mixology, I understand why many people tend to find cocktails too complex and too difficult to reproduce at home. Between […]
Continue reading »While I will never say goodbye to cow’s milk forever, I find myself consuming different types of milk alternatives depending on the texture and flavor […]
Continue reading »When I was a kid, my dad had a sports bar that opened every day at 6 am. I have no idea how he became […]
Continue reading »There is a line from a poem by Eileen Miles that I scroll through my head: “Every season has cracks through which winter or fall […]
Continue reading »As my occasional New York nomad continues, this week I am staying at a hotel in Chinatown, right across from the Manhattan Bridge. The hotel […]
Continue reading »A French press is a valuable addition to any coffee lover’s kitchen. I’ve had my stainless steel press for over a decade – and it’s […]
Continue reading »No matter how efficient your ice making system is, at some point you will need to grab an ice pack for a party, meeting, or […]
Continue reading »I am currently sitting in the dining room of my friend’s apartment in Red Hook, at a stately and beautiful walnut table that has been […]
Continue reading »On Wednesday morning, I got into my rented car and drove from Montreal (where I live) to New York, recently deciding to dive into the […]
Continue reading »I don’t care about expensive coasters. Large, heavy, non-absorbent discs or squares may look nice, but my favorite is the free gifts I took from […]
Continue reading »These days, no matter how early I wake up, it seems to me that I cannot reach the material plane and become a functioning person […]
Continue reading »In his popular – albeit dubious and somewhat trite – 1980 novel Still Life with a Woodpecker, Tom Robbins prescribes the following three ways in […]
Continue reading »Let’s start with the obvious: There are many ways to brew your morning (or afternoon, or evening) coffee. Maybe you are already completely satisfied with […]
Continue reading »Congratulations. You have moved on to the drinking phase where you can confidently say that Negroni is one of your favorite cocktails. The path to […]
Continue reading »Simple syrup is great to have on hand when you want to make a cocktail at home, but buying it in the store seems wasteful […]
Continue reading »Peaches are a great source of horror for me. I am convinced that the last good peach I ate was eaten as a child, in […]
Continue reading »This is the time of summer when the heat can go from barely bearable to unbearably hot, and there is no respite. While most of […]
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