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McCain's Day After: While Barack Obama spent Nov. 5 working out, taking his daughter to school, and preparing to assume the presidency, John McCain spent the day after his election defeat without a Secret Service detail, getting up early and walking to Read More...
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Cocktail fans get a few new toys to play with this holiday season. Chances are you've never heard of Bols Genever, but that's probably because you don't live in the Netherlands (where Genever is the top-selling spirit). This newly reintroduced gin-like Read More...
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Filed under: Lush Life , Rum , Raves & Reviews , Trends , Spirits , Liquor Cabinet Rhum Clement VSOP is 40% abv / 80 proof. It is an AOC Martinique aged rhum agricole, made from pure crushed sugarcane juice, estate produced and bottled. It's been Read More...
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A hot cuppa Joe goes a lot farther than a perky morning, according to the Oct. 24 issue of Science magazine. In a study (an admittedly small study) of students at the University of Colorado, Boulder (shout-out to the nearby O'Neill family), researchers Read More...
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At the risk of having a hit taken out on me by Swiss Marilyn Manson fans, now that absinthe is making a comeback in the U.S., it seems like the ideal liquor for Halloween-themed cocktails. Chances are, you may even see some absinthe-based Halloween cocktails Read More...
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Filed under: Tastings , Parties , Wine , Vodka , Champagne , Cocktails , Raves & Reviews , Spirits , Liqueurs , Celebrations , Holidays It's pink, it sparkles, and it comes in a fancy bottle. It's Nuvo! Nuvo is the world's first sparkling liqueur, Read More...
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Filed under: Tastings , Cocktails , Spirits , Liqueurs Smirnoff Ice has, from what I count, nine flavors. Secretly, I've always assumed that they all taste the same: a little sparkly, mildly tart, and way too sweet. So. Smirnoff Ice: Do they all taste Read More...
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Ah, dumb criminals and massive foul-ups. What would we do without them making us realize that, no matter how bad our lives may feel right now, at least we're not as dumb as that. And what is it about food, specifically fast food, that brings the dumb Read More...
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Filed under: British Isles , Northern Europe , Cocktails , Spirits Well, it seemed like we may as well get the obvious punchline over with right at the beginning. Mocha , a UK company with a eccentric home gadget line--specializing in items like Swarovski Read More...
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Filed under: Gin , America , Spirits , Artisan Foods When I was a teenager, George Orwell's 1984 was my favorite book, both for its writing, which I thought was superb, and for its depressing viewpoint, which beautifully dovetailed with my own adolescent Read More...
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Filed under: Raves & Reviews , New Products , America , Spirits , Liquor Cabinet , Artisan Foods , Guilty Pleasures I've always been a pretty big fan of absinthe: I've had the sweet, fruity liquor that's served in Amsterdam's Absinthe bar and the Read More...
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Filed under: Rum , Raves & Reviews , America , Spirits , Liquor Cabinet , Artisan Foods There was a brief period, somewhere around my sophomore year in college, when I drank a lot of Captain Morgan spiced rum. Looking back, it's not hard to see why Read More...
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I realize now that when I went over stockpiling food supplies before a disaster, I completely forgot one of the most important elements of successfully waiting out a hurricane, earthquake, blackout, or what have you: the booze. Luckily, a New Orleans Read More...
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Filed under: Vegetables , Recipes , Fruit , How To , Spirits , Liquor Cabinet , Liqueurs , Summer A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a review of Vlada, a New York bar that specializes in infused vodkas. As I mentioned in my post, my experiences at Vlada had Read More...
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I was feeling a little silly about having panko angst until a friend made a surprising confession over an NYC Restaurant Week lunch ($24.08 = $46 with wine, tax and tip; remind me to pack a sandwich next time). On a recent flight home from Istanbul, she Read More...
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