It should come as a surprise to no one that the last few years have borne witness to the glory days of the modern cocktail. A less publicized, but equally valid, trend is that those same years have also seen the rise...
In simpler, less flavorful and more personally damaging times, tequila was a simple drink. Salt, shot, lime and shudder—end of story, and sometimes the end of the night, too.Fortunately, while bar life still presents...
Back in the days when the American beer scene was one of the world’s least complicated, choosing a brew was often simply a case of picking “regular” or “light.” Thankfully, that’s no longer the case.In fact, the...
It’s a joke made by many wine drinkers at some point or another: A drop of red is accidentally poured into a glass of white, or the switch from Shiraz to Sauvignon Blanc made too hastily and without a rinse, and...
As we gratefully emerge from the iron grip of a vengeful winter, it comes time to consider spirits well-suited for warmer months, those distillates more associated with fun, sun and heat than with shivering in the...
Faced with a prospering business that required her to spend more time behind a desk than behind a bar, Lucy Brennan, proprietor of Mint & 820 bistro and bar in Portland, Ore., came up with a novel way of ...
Among the hardest-core of the cocktail set, historic bar books like Jerry Thomas’ famous “How to Mix Drinks,” Harry Johnson’s “Bartenders’ Manual” and C.F. Lawlor’s “The Mixicologist” long have been like the Holy...
As we roll through the dour days of winter, made even more challenging by tough economic times, the enterprising restaurateur considers how to put the proverbial butts in the seats through imaginative means. Wine...
CHICAGO As we roll through the dour days of winter, made even more challenging by tough economic times, the enterprising restaurateur considers how to put the proverbial butts in the seats through imaginative means...