Repeal Day
Repeal Day is important to so many Americans who know nothing about it. On December 5, 1933 the state of…
Category: Television (page 3)
007 Orders a Cosmo?
Yes (with sugar free cranberry juice!). He also orders a strawberry daiquiri with three umbrellas, a Robitussin and tonic …………
Good Things Come In Threes — The Triple Orange
Inspiration can strike at any time. This citrusy epiphany came one night as I stared at the lineup of homemade…
Rye — The Comeback Kid Of American Liquor
Rye whiskey has a long history in the United States. As Carrie Allan writes in her excellent article (click here…
Bliss In A Glass — The Tranquilo
Want to relax? Take the edge off? Has someone told you to “chill the (rhymes with duck) out” and you…
A Drink For Austin Powers And The Hulk — The Whiskey Smash
The Whiskey Smash dates back much further than the hilarious British secret agent spoof and everyone’s favorite green superhero. Smash…
For Your Inner Rule Breaker — The Scofflaw
The Scofflaw is unusual in that both the word and the cocktail originated during Prohibition. In 1923 a Boston newspaper…
A Princely Cocktail — The Raspberry Beret
Elmer Fudd says: “This a gwate dwink if you wike waazbehweez or yowah going to kill da wabbit!” It’s also…
Funny Name, Liquid Fun — The Whiskey Crusta
It sounds like something Krusty The Clown from the Simpsons invented. He didn’t. This cocktail dates back to the 19th…
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…