Over the past few months, I seem to have shifted my booze consumption back to the basics: drinking mostly neat pours (unmixed liquor served withou...
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Originally posted Feb 28, 2012 The last time I felt distinctly overwhelmed for a long period of time was while I was planning my wedding. Often...
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Let's play a game: you tell me something about your childhood and I will tell you something about mine. I'll start. My family used to travel a ...
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Not many drinks lend themselves to so much expected variation as the Martini. James Bond famously preferred his shaken, though classic bartending ...
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All of the walls in my house are white. I hadn't intended for it to be that way, but for the past seven years, I have lived in a rented apartment ...
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Serves four 2 tablespoons of dark cocoa sugar* 1 teaspoon of garlic powder 1⁄4 teaspoon of dry mustard 1 tablespoon of dark brown sugar 1 ...
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It’s summer, which means that my cooking looks a lot like eating watermelon salad and peaches over the sink… with a side of rice and beans. I’...
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2 oz of Pisco (preferably Campo de Encanto) .25 oz of orgeat (preferably Small Hand Foods) .5 orange of curaçao (preferably Pierre Ferrand Dry...
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When I was in the 5th grade, my grandpa came to live with my family. At the time, I thought it might be temporary, but by the time I got to high s...
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The makings of a really good chicken noodle soup can be argued until the end of eternity. Every culture adds their own flair. From egg noodles to ...
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For many imbibers, coffee and alcohol go hand-in-hand (or head-in-hand if you’ve had a few too many the night before!). Many of us who share int...
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Melissa and I have never met in person but like many of my other 'blogger friends' she feels like a real life friend. We're emailed about babies a...