Category: General
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Cocktails Revisited
During the brief time I give each cocktail here on CH there are times when some things get overlooked, glossed over or simply ignored. This coming week I’m going to take a look back at some of the drinks I’ve covered prior and explore some areas that were glossed over previously. I’ve got four things…
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Shaken or Stirred?
We all know the iconic phrase uttered by Bond each time he orders his, now traditional, Vodka Martini. Some of us even have friends who have ordered the drink using the phrase (yes, there was laughing, at said friend). You see Bond always wants his cocktail “shaken, not stirred”. But why? This request goes against…
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Mint Julep – The Other Side of the Coin
On Tuesday I showed you an example of how wonderful the creation of a Mint Julep can be. Like most things in life where there is light there is also darkness. Today I’d like to expose you to the Julep form of that darkness. We all have Jeffrey Morgenthaler to thank for unearthing this YouTube…
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Chris McMillian on the Mint Julep
NOLA.com put together a series of videos highlighting New Orleans’ best cocktails. Many of them feature Chris McMillian from the Library Lounge at the Ritz-Carlton New Orleans. This recording of Chris making a Mint Julep and reciting a beautiful piece of prose is one of my absolute favorite cocktail videos. Enjoy. If you’d like to…
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A Cup of Joe
Since I’m covering a coffee based cocktail this week it seems only fitting that I should fill you in on my love of coffee, or lack thereof. I don’t drink coffee, at least not unadulterated and even then, rarely. I enjoy coffee’s smell a great deal and love coffee flavor in other things. I even…