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Mixing with Yogurt 24 Aug 2013 | 12:07 am
In December 2011, when I wrote my annual year-end list, I included an item for the spirits product I most wanted to see in the US. It was Bols Yogurt liqueur, one of the handful of bottles I smuggled ...
Navigation cocktail 29 Jul 2013 | 11:57 pm
Lisa Fain’s The Homesick Texan Cookbook is a title that called out to me, especially after seeing many positive reviews for it. Though I don’t have any strong desire to move back to Texas (except on i...
Recent reading 11 Jul 2013 | 12:20 am
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, David Quammen — David Quammen is one of those writers whose books I’m guaranteed to pick up when they come out. He writes about nature with a ...
Tales itinerary 2013 9 Jul 2013 | 02:48 am
As I do nearly every year, I’ll be attending Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans next week. This time I’m staying longer than ever before with a bunch of events lined up. If you’ll also be at Tales, ...
Dudley’s Solstice Punch 2 Jul 2013 | 12:32 am
As it turns out, I didn’t have time for a proper midsommar celebration, but we made up for it with a party this past weekend at which we imbibed nine different aquavits, enjoyed Swedish meatballs and ...
Two new cigarettes, now authorized for sale 29 Jun 2013 | 01:04 am
This week the FDA sent out a press release boasting that its Center for Tobacco Products has finally issued a few decisions on new tobacco products: For the first time since the Family Smoking Preven...
Introducing Cocktails on Tap 27 Jun 2013 | 11:09 pm
The first lesson I’ve learned about the world of publishing: Publishing a book is hard! As many of you know, for the last few years I’ve been collaborating with Ezra Johnson-Greenough and Yetta Vorobi...
Who’s killing the electronic cigarette? 25 Jun 2013 | 10:31 pm
That’s the topic of my article for The Ümlaut, a new website published by Jerry Brito and Eli Dourado: Since no one seriously disputes that using e-cigarettes is far safer than habitually inhaling ci...
Spirits for the solstice 22 Jun 2013 | 01:07 am
If you write about spirits and cocktails, you know all too well that there a thousand manufactured holidays that can be used as excuse to drink. My inbox overflows with tone deaf pitches urging me to ...
Mixology Monday: Cherries 18 Jun 2013 | 04:09 am
Today’s Mixology Monday theme is cherries, a flavor that seems to go wrong more often than it goes right. Says host Andrea at Gin Hound: Singapore Gin Sling, Blood and Sand, and the Aviation wouldn’t ...
