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  • September 2008

    • French No Snobs on Virgin Cocktails

      Gourmet  |  Sep 2, 08 11:52 AM CDT

      French No Snobs on Virgin Cocktails

      (Newser) - Nonalcoholic cocktails need not be exclusive to designated drivers and teenagers. While, er, “researching” Paris’ best hotel bars, Julia Langbein discovered that the virgin cocktail is one thing the French don’t look down upon. In Paris, she writes in Gourmet , “an alcohol-free drink isn’t a consolation prize; it shares equal status with the poison.” More »

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      alcohol  • Paris  • cocktails

  • July 2008

    • Mix Masters Stir it Up in Cocktail Contest

      Gourmet  |  Jul 27, 08 6:40 AM CDT

      Mix Masters Stir it Up in Cocktail Contest

      (Newser) - Bartending is a serious business—just ask the four finalists at the US Bartenders’ Guild National Cocktail Competition held in Chicago this year. All four "mixologists" suffered stage fright while preparing their signature drinks for the judge, reports Gourmet . Despite sweating buckets, Las Vegas native Anthony Alba took first for his Big Easy cocktail, garnished with a smoking cumquat. More »

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      Chicago  • competition  • lifestyle  • cocktails  • gourmet  • drink

    • We Live in a Time of Bacon— Resistance Is Futile

      Salon  |  Jul 10, 08 8:33 PM CDT

      We Live in a Time of Bacon— Resistance Is Futile

      (Newser) - Everywhere Peter Meehan looks, he sees bacon. Fatty, salty, bombastic, and blissfully delicious bacon. The Salon writer tries to figure out "where we are in the bacon bonanza"—he cites bacon spray, scented candles, trendy recipes, even a bacon-of-the-month club—and reaches out to experts "to see if there's relief from or more fervent bacon mania on the horizon." The upshot: Bet on the bacon. More »

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      junk food  • food industry  • pork  • salt  • fast food industry  • cocktails

  • February 2008

    • Leap Day Cocktails Lost to Time

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 29, 08 11:27 AM CST

      Leap Day Cocktails Lost to Time

      (Newser) - Feb. 29 still comes once every four years, but celebratory cocktails marking the bissextile have gone out of fashion—along with a leap-year tradition that requires plenty of liquid courage, Eric Felten notes in the Wall Street Journal . Women who proposed marriage during the leap year could not be denied; little wonder desperate lasses were expected to sport scarlet petticoats. More »

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      New York City  • London  • marriage  • New Orleans  • Washington DC  • Dublin  • cocktails  • leap year  • James Joyce

    • Cachaça Is the New Tequila, Devotees Say

      BusinessWeek  |  Feb 24, 08 10:49 AM CST

      Cachaça Is the New Tequila, Devotees Say

      (Newser) - The next big buzz in the world of potent beverages may well be cachaça, the Brazilian take on rum that has its sights set on unseating tequila as the trendy shot du jour in the US. The exported version of the national drink, distilled from sugar cane, ranges from 76 to 96 proof and is already popular in Germany, BusinessWeek reports. More »

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      alcohol  • Brazil  • exports  • cocktails  • tequila  • sugar cane

  • December 2007

    • Cheers! London Club Concocts $70K Drink

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 8, 07 7:14 PM CST

      Cheers! London Club Concocts $70K Drink

      (Newser) - Start with some expensive cognac and champagne, add brown sugar and bitters—don't forget the 11-carat white diamond ring for the bottom of the glass—and voila, you've got the world's most expensive drink. London's exclusive Movida nightclub launched the drink, called the Flawless, today, and a 28-year-old property developer who ordered it for his girlfriend was the first customer. The price: $70,000. More »

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      cocktails  • excess

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