Let's start the weekend right--with a cocktail recipe from Paul Clarke (The Cocktail Chronicles). Need more than one? Hit up the archives. Cheers! Cocktails can be rich and rugged like a Manhattan, or crisp and sharp like a martini, or...
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Read more about this recipe here. Ingredients 3 to 4 fresh quince at peak of ripeness 1 bottle cognac 3 to 4 whole cloves (optional) 1 cinnamon stick (optional) Procedure Wash and dry quince and either grate or finely chop....
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"The celery syrup was crisp, refreshing, and not at all too sweet, set off perfectly by the fresh lemon juice and earthy bourbon." [Photograph: Caroline Russock] Searching for the perfect Thanksgiving-themed cocktail is somewhat of a challenge. Cranberry, the obvious...
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Let's start the weekend right--with a cocktail recipe from Paul Clarke (The Cocktail Chronicles). Need more than one? Hit up the archives. Cheers! Pioneering 19th century bartender Jerry Thomas is such a towering figure in the cocktail world that over...
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Let's start the weekend right—with a cocktail recipe from Paul Clarke (The Cocktail Chronicles). Need more than one? Hit up the archives. Cheers! It may not be as powerful as a flu shot or have the healing properties of the...
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Let's start the weekend right--with a cocktail recipe from Paul Clarke (The Cocktail Chronicles). Need more than one? Hit up the archives. Cheers! Perhaps the only thing more frightening than the idea of zombies roaming the city in search of...
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"The Bloody Mary is open to almost any interpretation." [Flickr: kthread] I hesitate to even broach the topic of the Bloody Mary. For one thing, it's one of those ubiquitous drinks that absolutely everyone has their own way of preparing....
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Let's start the weekend right--with a cocktail recipe from Paul Clarke (The Cocktail Chronicles). Need more than one? Hit up the archives. Cheers! Who knows for certain where or when this drink originated. Regardless, it's certainly made the rounds over...
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Mary Pickford herself. [Photograph: wikipedia.org] Among the drinks that Gourmet selected from its archives to highlight the magazine's almost 70 years in print (now sadly cut short), one has a name as well as a character that spins the...
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Let's start the weekend right--with a cocktail recipe from Paul Clarke (The Cocktail Chronicles). Need more than one? Hit up the archives. Cheers! Early October is a challenging time to settle on a seasonal drink. The evenings are cool and...
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