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Book Review and Giveaway: Cocktails Step By Step

June 12, 2013

I seriously love cookbooks. I particularly love cocktail books– though often, the books aren’t groundbreaking, I love the different approaches different bartenders have, the history, everything. Step By Step Cocktails: The Perfect Guide to Cocktail Making, which is part of Parragon’s Love Food line of books, is great for someone who is a very visual [...]

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Cocktail Hour: The Brooklyn

March 25, 2013

I often wonder if Martha Stewart gets emergency cleaning texts from her friends: “Martha! I have mustard on my shirt! What do I do?”  Or if Alton Brown gets random cooking science phone calls from his sister-in-law, “I mixed milk in vinegar, what’s that reaction called?” I am no Martha or Alton, but I do [...]

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Recipe: Yagoot Dark and Floaty

September 19, 2012

I love Yagoot.  I don’t like desserts that are too sweet (indeed, I have very little in the ways of a sweet tooth but salty potato chips had better watch out), and Yagoot’s tingly-tart creaminess is right up my alley.  My standard order is their Alligator Crunch and pineapple on either their Caramelized Pineapple, Coconut [...]

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Cocktail Hour: True and Untrue and the Ramos Gin Fizz

August 7, 2012

Another year, another Tales of the Cocktail on the record books. I attended, and will be sharing bits and pieces of what I learned over the coming weeks. The best session I attended was True/Untrue, hosted by David Wondrich (my favorite cocktail writer), Wayne Curtis (my new favorite cocktail writer) and Dave Arnold (owner of Booker and Dax, which [...]

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Cocktail Hour: Pisco Sour

July 24, 2012

It’s time for Tales of the Cocktail, the biggest get-together for bartenders, cocktail enthusiasts and spirits in the country. I’m here for the second time, covering the event for my WMDM readers. You’ll see a few posts throughout the week! Do not be afraid of a little egg white. Seriously.  So many people are afraid [...]

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Cocktail Hour: The Tales of the Cocktail Official Cocktail

May 4, 2012

It’s getting closer and closer to Tales of the Cocktail, my favorite event ever. Seriously. I missed going so much last year, and I’m so pleased to be attending this year. I haven’t made this cocktail– yet– but this is the official cocktail of the 10th anniversary of Tales: the Rum Row Old Fashioned, created [...]

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Cocktail Hour: Homemade Irish Cream ( and chocolate syrup!)

March 16, 2012

It’s almost St. Patrick’s Day, and while I suppose I could provide you with a recipe for colcannon, or a recommendation for an Irish pub, I think I’ll focus on what everyone else seems to be concerned with on St. Patrick’s Day: drinking. Okay, not really the green beer, trip-over-a-shamrock kind of drinking, but some [...]

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Cocktail Hour: Homemade Cocktail Onions

January 23, 2012

I have more fun making cocktails than drinking them.    Everyone has their cooking niche, and though I think I’ve got some skills all around, I get the geekiest when I’m talking about creating items for cocktails.  I’ve made my own maraschino cherries, my own ginger syrup (recipe to come), my own cream soda syrup, [...]

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wmdm’s Holiday Gift List: part 4 (Local(ish) Libations)

December 19, 2011

To continue with our local holiday theme, I want to focus on some local libations.  Sure, Cincinnati is known for beer– but did you know that you can buy local whiskey?  Or, if you travel just a bit north, you can find some more micro distilleries? Locavorism says local is anything within 150 miles, right? [...]

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Cocktail Hour: Hot Buttered Rum

December 16, 2011

(Guest post by The Better Half) A couple of weeks ago, Julie and I were sitting at the bar at Senate, having a late-night dinner.  Actually, I was there for dinner; Julie was just having a drink. As usual, the place was busy, and I didn’t actually hear Julie place her order.  When her drink arrived, I [...]

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