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Alchemy Lounge: A Pop-Up Cocktail Bar

Anne Berry
 The message is short and secret and sends me to a Mid-City street, where I land just shy of midnight. The porch is dark, but a front door is slivered open. A walk through it sends me into the ca
 
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Lovers' Cocktail

Anne Berry
A frat boy asks: “Should I call you in the morning, or nudge you?” Neither, as it turns out, though his luck might have been better if he hadn’t come at me with a neon Sex on the Beach.Years lat
 
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Fit for the Boys

Anne Berry
 An anonymous pub, Saturday afternoon: while friends argued over college football rankings, I wandered to the bar and asked for a piña colada, skinny-style. What I got was a shake of Malibu rum,
 
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Fall in a Glass

Anne Berry
Apple, pine and smoke are fall’s sensual trinity, reminding me of hikes through northern autumn woods, the sooty smell of a neighbor’s lit-up fireplace, the first ruby apple of the season.New Orle
 
Monday, November 21, 2011

Cognac Gets Crunk

Anne Berry
Lil Jon once sang about Hennessy and Red Bull, an unlikely pairing called “crunk juice.” It’s not as surprising that status-conscious rappers latched onto cognac, given its luxe reputation.
 
Monday, October 24, 2011

Swizzling Honey Pot

Anne Berry
Honey’s role here is much different. Mills says that the honey liqueur adds a “darker, aromatic and alcoholic component”
 
Friday, September 30, 2011

The Gold Finger

Anne Berry
The drink is based on Goldschläger, a kitschy blend of cinnamon schnapps and real gold flakes made for the 1990s. Ordering it reminded me of manic dot-com kids and bighaired supermodels who wouldn’t leave the house for less than $10,000..
 
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Tiki Drink Movement

Sheri McKee
Zombies, MaiTai’s, and even yesteryear local favorites from Bali Hai’ including the Fog Cutter, Typhoon, and Tiki Bowl are all a part of the nostalgic Tiki Movement.
 
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Cocktail

Anne Berry
Tea has always been the civilized, bone-china sipper; the granny shawl around your shoulders. The reality is that swirling tea into a cocktail lends it an exotic richness, a leathery depth, a manning-up of flavors. And tea pairs surprisingly well with a range of liquors.
 
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

How the Daquiri Crossed the Gulf

Elexa Ruth
Rum. Sugar. Lime.I think it is safe to say that if you put these three ingredients into a single cocktail glass, the concoction does not scream, “daiquiri!,” especially not in New Orleans. Here, w
 
Thursday, June 30, 2011

Fruit Wines: The Deep South's Libation

Luis Molina
 When it comes to food and drink, humans have always made good use of the nearby flora and fauna to create their dishes. So it is with libations and other adult beverages. The Deep South and the
 
Thursday, June 30, 2011

Setting Up the Bar: A Tales of the Cocktail Preview

Anne Berry
Tell me a Tale, and make it bubbly. Tales of the Cocktail delivers on both counts, bringing together expert bartenders and sparkly programming July 20 – 24.Keeping the seminars crisp is a global tea
 
Thursday, June 30, 2011

Kicky Liquor

Anne Berry
 Direct and potent as a lightning strike, nothing packs a throat-numbing punch like moonshine. There’s no need to raid your uncle’s still, because this strand of whiskey is sparking up bars a
 
Thursday, June 30, 2011

COCKTAIL

Anne Berry
A bacon-based cocktail sounds like Saturday morning, with an invite to stay for afternoon barbecue. But it seems risky to infuse spirits with something as unstable as pork fat. You don’t want pig grease blurring your drink’s components.
 
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Rescuing a Forgotten Spirit

Anne Berry
 Bouligny Tavern’s manager and wine director, Cary Palmer, was looking at a bottle of rum so unruly that for the past 50 years, the main buyers for it were European pastry chefs, who used it in
 
Monday, May 2, 2011
 
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