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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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The Mint Julep
Not being from anywhere near the South I find it easy to say that by my way of thinking there is nothing so quintessentially Southern than the Mint Julep. Now certainly that’s a stereotype and likely a bad one. But let’s take a moment for a thought experiment. Think about the words “Mint Julep”…what’s the…
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Paloma – Que Buena
Looking back on my Margarita post from 7 months ago I started that adventure with a slight bit of tequila aprehension. By the end of that week I was a convert. This relatively newly found love has carried over to this week. The Paloma, despite its simplicity, was tremendously delicious. I tried two recipes, one…
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Tequila por Mi Amante
While traversing the interwebs looking for recipes for this week’s cocktail, the Paloma, I came across this bit of deliciousness. Paul has taken strawberry infused tequila (Tequila por Mi Amante) and made what sounds like the best Paloma ever conceived by human kind. The recipe for this wonderful infusion comes from Charles Baker’s Gentleman’s Companion…
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Paloma
I’ve been wanting to cover another tequila cocktail here on CH and this weekend I made it my mission to find that cocktail. I’d heard tale of a cocktail that is said to be more prevalent among Mexican locals than the Margarita, the Paloma. The Paloma is a tall drink (think Collins-ish) made with grapefruit…