New Orleans Happiness — The Antoine’s Smile
Antoine’s is a great old school restaurant in New Orleans. Many years ago Lawson Rollins, my best friend in college…
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South American Santa — The Peruvian Christmas
‘Tis the season for cocktails! Ok, as far as I’m concerned it’s always the season for cocktails. This Christmas dare…
O Captain! My Captain! — The El Capitan
If you’ve seen the film Dead Poets Society (and if you haven’t, you really should) you will remember this magnificent…
Rise From The Dead — The Corpse Reviver #1
Does this have something to do with a zombie apocalypse movie? Nope. Corpse Revivers, which originated around the turn of…
Pride Of Peru (With Protein!) — The Pisco Sour
Pisco is a grape brandy from either Peru or Chile. The Pisco Sour originated in Peru. In 1916 American bartender…
Torched Dutch Grapes — The Etymology Of Brandy
We’ve all heard of brandy. It’s featured in older cocktails such as the Ampersand, or newer ones such as my…
Old Meets New — The Vieux Nouveau Sazerac
Great experiences, meeting old friends, and making new ones — that’s how I describe the recent Tales of the Cocktail…
A Cocktail For Independence — The RWB
In honor of the Fourth of July (for my non-U.S. readers — this is Independence Day in the United States),…
French Quarter In A Glass — The Vieux Carre
New Orleans is a great and unique American city, and the French Quarter is the most popular part of it. …
Cosmo’s Urban Cousin? — The Metropolitan
When I say Cosmo, I don’t mean Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld. I mean the Cosmopolitan, which became very popular courtesy…