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Classic Cocktail Glasses
Last night after dinner I found an ouzo candy in my pocket. It came from the Greek restaurant in Providence I visited with my mom on July 4. That day we learned that Young Master Fussy will devour gyro...
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The Old Fashioned Old Fashioned
When I got back from the trip to Pennsylvania, there was a package waiting for me. It was two airplane bottles of VeeV. Someday soon I’m going to try my hand at producing better cocktails with the...
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Fussy Little Cocktail Special
This past week I got into a bit of a dustup with Jack’s Oyster House about the venerable Martini cocktail. They posted a picture of their barman serving up a drink with the caption “Shaken not...
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Flecks of Gold 2011
My proudest accomplishment of the past year has been writing the regular Eat This! feature on All Over Albany. Believe it or not, but it’s a lot more difficult than it sounds to find something...
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Buzzy Booze
Liqueurs are delightful, but they have a nasty way of really cluttering up your life. Either they turn out to be really special, something like Chartreuse which you sip on rare occasions and marvel at...
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The Man and the Manhattan
In an industry build around characters, Gary Regan is a giant among giants. I don’t actually know where he lives, but I understand it’s in the Hudson Valley, 50 miles north of NYC. So bonus points for...
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Notes on a Bad Old Fashioned
I’m back. Again. And I finally did get my fried chicken from Montauk. It was delicious. Best ever? Probably not. But it’s solid, and I can totally understand why people make a big deal about the stuff....
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Liquid Sunshine
Mr. French always wore a sour expression. Whether or not he always wore a drab gray suit is immaterial, but that’s how I remember him. He was the fiercest figure of authority in my middle school years,...
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New Jersey is Busted
It’s Monday morning and I’m already thinking about drinking. Not in one of those depressing I’m-sick-of-the-world-let’s-forget-our-sorrows kind of ways. But more in line with...
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Bitters Freak
What do you get for the food lover who has everything? Well, if they like cocktails, the answer is simple. Hand crafted, small batch bitters. That, or Mandy Aftel’s chef’s essence sprays. I think I may...
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