A few weeks ago, I received a wonderful gift. The generous and thoughtful Emilie of The Conscious Kitchen found a creative way to get a bottle of Peruvian pisco she picked up on vacation from Boston to LA without using the mail. I am very fond of presents, particularly when they involve new kinds of [...]

There are, conservatively, about eighteen thousand available variations on the cocktail known as the Golden Dawn. With bitters, without bitters. With Cointreau, without Cointreau. With calvados, without calvados. You get the idea.
From what I have gathered, it originated sometime during the 1920s, though Chuck Taggart traces its creation to London in the 1930s. I, unfortunately, [...]

Though I won’t say I’m sad to see the end of the heatwave that’s been suffocating us here in LA, the end of summer is always bittersweet. Sure, it’s the end of high temperatures and humidity but also the end of summer produce, sandals and warm nights. Granted, we have it easier here during fall [...]

It’s been a wild and wonderful few weeks on the SLOSHED! liquor front. First, I scored a copy of David Wondrich’s Esquire Drinks on the heels of scrounging up the 1953 edition of Esquire’s Handbook for Hosts at one of my favorite bookstores, then followed that up with a mint copy of Charles Schumann’s Tropical [...]

Of late, most of my cocktail forays are motivated by a strong desire to unwind. I was trolling for something that would hit the spot and hit on the Vieux Carré over at Drinkboy. This one is a classic that I’ve floated past a few times, mostly because I always lack one of the ingredients. [...]