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  • One of My Recipes Got Printed!

    I have my first recipe published! :D If you pick up the most recent issue (January 2010) of Chile Pepper magazine you’ll find my recipe for the Fire Island Daiquiri listed on page 34 in Kara Newman’s article about Hellfire bitters.  I have to give most, well all, of the credit to Kara for getting…

  • Turkey Time – No Cocktail This Week

    I’m taking a break from cocktail writing this week.  I hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday and certainly hope it includes delicious cocktails.  If you’re looking for some inspiration here are a few links from last year to get you started. Eggnog – Some links to homemade recipes Eggnog – My thoughts on…

  • Danger Chef’s Rimming Salts

    Given my love for crafting cocktails I’m sure it will come as no surprise that I also love to cook.  From time to time I take cooking classes at the Cooking School of the Rockies, a local school here in Boulder.  At my last class, a course on the history and use of different kinds…

  • Cheat Sheets!

    So I’ve finally gotten current on a project that I started almost a year ago.  I’ve condensed all of my favorite recipes from each cocktail I’ve featured here and grouped them into printable cheat sheets.  My goal is to keep these up to date so we can all use them for a quick reference when…

  • The Evolution of the Cocktail – Phylogeny Revisited

    As you may recall, a while back I pointed you to a very cool post about the phylogeny of cocktails on Jim Harriman’s site SpaghettiLogic.org. Well, Jim is back with a phylogenetic tree of 100 cocktails.  This time in awesome full color poster format! Jim was nice enough to mail me one of the posters…