Monday night saw the nationwide “Save New Orleans Cocktail Hour,” the Hurricane Katrina relief event organized by the Museum of the American Cocktail. While we’re still awaiting details on the amount the event raised to help New Orleans food & beverage workers, I do know that more than 100 bars and restaurants participated, some even… Continue Reading
Yearly Archives: 2005
In Praise of Difficult Drinks, Part I: The Ramos Gin Fizz
In a world of drinks populated by bottles of cheap lager, vodka and Red Bull and anything-and-Coke, it would seem that the Ramos Gin Fizz is destined for extinction. With its long list of ingredients–including cream and raw egg white, plus the difficult-to-find orange flower water–and the physical effort involved in its mixing–most bar manuals… Continue Reading
“Save New Orleans Cocktail Hour” Takes Off
Wow…in less than a week, the Museum for the American Cocktail has already recruited 86 bars & restaurants in 10 states and the District of Columbia to participate in the “Save New Orleans Cocktail Hour.” Check for a place near you (I plan to be at one of the seven participating Seattle establishments), show up… Continue Reading
Katrina Relief Fund
The New Orleans-based Museum of the American Cocktail has established a relief fund for survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Proceeds from the fund will go directly to assisting New Orleans food & beverage industry workers whose lives and livelihoods have been disrupted by the catastrophe, and their families. Go to the museum’s website to make your… Continue Reading
Longevity
On the back cover of the 1937 bartending manual Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ‘Em, by Stanley Clisby Arthur, there’s a bit of drinking-related doggerel attributed to George C. Wailes, entitled Longevity. After two days of television images depicting rising flood waters, devastated cityscapes and a complete breakdown in civil order, this… Continue Reading
