Happy Repeal Day Mixology Monday, everyone! As usual, I’m late to the party, as I (naturally) forgot my camera elsewhere over Thanksgiving and just got it back.
The theme of this month’s challenge has to do with a very special day, that being December 5th, the anniversary of the day that the 21st amendment was ratified, [...]

It’s Mixology Monday again, this time hosted by gin enthusiast Jay over at Oh Gosh!
This drink is something of a pain. See, there are two Suffering Bastards in the world—this drink, which was invented at Shepherd’s Hotel in Cairo by a fellow named Joe Scialom, and the tiki version that came about via Trader Vic. [...]

I have something of a habit when it comes to books, especially books with recipes in them. I tend to get into a rut, and find myself only fixing recipes from one or two books at one time. Try as I might to mix things up, if I’m into Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails or [...]

I habitually visit used book stores, wandering the stacks looking for random items of interest—books on philosophy, the occult or death, weird fiction, cookbooks and, of course, books on cocktails. One of my favorite stores is generally amazingly well-stocked in the former group if not the latter, but I occasionally luck out and find a [...]

I know a lot of my posts start out this way, but it was a very long day that prompted this drink. It wasn’t an especially terrible day at work but one filled with myriad of little grievances, culminating in mind-numbingly bad traffic (ah, Los Angeles!). Upon finally arriving home, I needed something bracing to [...]