"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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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! When it comes to cocktail genealogy, the martini has a pedigree that's as murky as that of...
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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! I can’t explain how I’ve managed to stay interested in mixology this long without ever getting around...
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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! First things first: I have no idea why this drink is called the Alaska Cocktail. The Savoy...
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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! Ah, gin—how wonderfully versatile you are. While gin-based summer drinks typically utilize the spirit in fizzy, citrusy,...
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I just finished watching Esquire magazine's resident cocktail historian Dave Wondrich on the Colbert Report. After sipping a daquiri and some rye whiskey, Colbert, true to megalomaniacal form, had Wondrich create a signature cocktail for him. Called The Colbert...
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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! With a few isolated exceptions across the country—grab a sweater, Minneapolis and San Francisco—it’s pretty warm out...
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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! To state the patently obvious, the summer weather in New Orleans can be brutal. The positive side...
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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! Digging for history is thirsty work; thankfully, as I noted on Wednesday, cocktail historian Ted “Dr. Cocktail”...
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