In Wednesday’s Dining Section, the New York Times turns the features over to booze, and there’s a lot of interesting stuff to explore. First up is “White Russians Arise, This Time at a Bowling Alley,” a feature on what The Big Lebowski has done for White Russians, replete with quotes from David Wondrich, Ted Haigh… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Paul
The Chanticleer Society
Yes, I’m still alive. Apologies for the extended absence, but between a massive glut of work and lazy posting habits (not to mention the death of my camera, which means I’m at text-only publishing in the interim so that’s kind of a problem), I haven’t been around here in a couple of weeks. As we… Continue Reading
MxMo: Make Your Own
I can’t believe I’m writing this post. It’s Monday night, I just got home from the Martin Miller’s Gin Masters Competition in New York — MUCH more on that to come — and I’m absolutely exhausted after spending the past four nights in bars until closing time (I also feel kind of strange; oddly clear-headed… Continue Reading
The Kitchen Sink
Except for occasional forays into the rumtacular world of tiki drinks, I’m ordinarily pretty skeptical about cocktails that have more than three or four ingredients. This is for a couple of reasons: As ingredients are added, there’s typically a point of diminishing returns, where the delicately flavored components are completely lost in the mix, and… Continue Reading
“A dead ringer for John Travolta”
Smirk all you like, ye denizens of New York, San Francisco, London, and all the other cities rich with bars serving nothing but well-crafted cocktails — but how often do you wind up with a bartender on the front page of one of your city’s daily newspapers? Seattle can be a sleepy place at times,… Continue Reading
