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NEWS ABOUT: cocktails

cocktails stories: 18 news summaries

 Gossip Girl Puts Another 
 Nail in Speakeasy's Coffin 

A good cocktail is timeless; this trend is not

Nov 8, 09 6:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Not even a month after one mag wished for the speakeasy trend to die, Gossip Girl (yes, a show about high school and college kids, but that’s another topic) is pounding another nail in the cocktail conceit, Derek Brown writes. With one of the show’s characters opening a... More »

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entertainment • Prohibition • bars • cocktails • Gossip Girl • The CW • Jay-ZTV • speakeasy • Chuck Bass

J.Lo Cooks Up Dinner Party for Sotomayor

Lopez, Marc Anthony host new Supreme Court Justice at their LI home

Aug 18, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony honored Sonia Sotomayor’s achievement as the first Latina Supreme Court Justice with a dinner party last night, Gossip Cop reports. The couple had Sotomayor and about a dozen guests—“mostly political types,” the site says—over for cocktails and dinner at their... More »

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entertainment • Long Island • Jennifer Lopez • Marc Anthony • cocktails • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice • Latina

Beer's New Role: 
Cocktail Mixer 

New drinks throw away rules about mixing alcohol

Jul 1, 09 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The days of keeping your beer and liquor separate are over, with bartenders crafting crossover drinks that mix beer with other spirits—even wine. “Other countries have been doing this for a long time,” one beer connoisseur tells the New York Times. Creations range from the “Muddy... More »

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alcohol • beer • liquor • cocktails • trend • Jay-ZTV • food trends • bartender

(Newser) - The affinity for fresh, local produce in US restaurants has spilled out into the bar, USA Today reports. Many mixologists—or the new term of art, “bar chefs”—are starting their days scouting farmers markets instead of ordering syrups. “The flavor in the produce is not only... More »

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alcohol • drinking • fruits and vegetables • cocktails • Jay-ZTV • local food • fresh produce • mixologist • bar chef • bartender

(Newser) - Innovation in cocktails has spread to their simplest component, the Globe and Mail reports—ice. “Ice is the equivalent to a stove for a chef,” says one bartender whose watering hole boasts three kinds of frozen water. Another Canadian bar produces seven varieties for different drinks. Mixologists... More »

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cuisine • restaurant • drinks • ice • cocktails • bar

GLOSSIES

 How to Make a Real 
 Old-Fashioned 


May 27, 09 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Esquire adds to its everything-a-man-must-know lessons with a primer on the Old-Fashioned, which is nothing less than the “Fender Strat of cocktails” because it “embodies the classic American combination of offhand style, swagger, and micrometer engineering,” writes David Wondrich. At its heart is good old American whiskey—... More »

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entertainment • alcohol • drink • cocktails • whiskey • Jay-ZTV • Old-Fashioned

Homemade Ginger Ale Adds Fizz to Standby

Great summer drink
fits move toward local, natural, artisanal

May 20, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you’re still sipping ginger ale from a can, you must be sadly misinformed about the latest drink trend. The cool thing now is ginger ale from scratch, informs the New York Times, and bars and restaurants are catching on. Why put in the extra effort of steeping ginger... More »

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drinks • cocktails • buy local • natural food • ginger • ginger ale • food trends • artisanal

 Tough New Schools 
 Shake Up Bartending 

Restaurants, liquor firms aim to gussy up drinks

May 14, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a tough economy, restaurants are hoping to cash in on cocktails—and bartenders are going back to school to improve their mixology prowess, the Wall Street Journal reports. Restaurants hope expert barkeeps will bring in upscale drinkers, and the courses help trainees score top jobs. But the advanced-level programs... More »

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alcohol • restaurant • school • cocktails • Jay-ZTV • bartending

 Thais Woo Tourists 
 With New Cocktail 

Authorities hope concoction will cure hangover from airport protests

Feb 20, 09 9:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Thailand's tourism authority is hoping the Siam Sunray will wash away the lingering aftertaste of airport anarchy, the Guardian reports. The newly invented cocktail—made with vodka and traditional Thai ingredients like Kaffir lime and lemongrass—was unveiled yesterday as part of a campaign to bolster a tourism industry battered... More »

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alcohol • Thailand • tourism • drink • cocktails

After Stimulus Vote, Happy Hour's at the White House

Obama invites lawmakers for cocktails

Jan 28, 09 4:26 PM CST
(Newser) - A little liquor can buy a lot of goodwill. At least, that’s what President Obama is hoping—he’s invited key lawmakers to the White House for cocktails after the House votes this evening on the stimulus package, the New York Post reports. Keeping with Obama’s keenly diplomatic... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • House Democrats • cocktails • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • House Republicans • Obama administration

 Big Lebowski 
 Revives White Russians 

White Russians, featured in The Big Lebowski, are making a comeback

Dec 3, 08 4:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Once derided by cocktail enthusiasts as more of a milkshake than anything else, the White Russian is becoming a signature drink among hipsters, writes Steven Kurutz in the New York Times. For this, we can thank the 1998 cult classic The Big Lebowski. The drink—a mixture of vodka,... More »

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alcohol • vodka • cocktails • movies • The Big Lebowski

 Did Bush Fall Off Wagon? 

President spotted sipping Peruvian cocktail at Lima summit

Nov 28, 08 4:36 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush's teetotalism may not be as total as thought, Gawker writes. On his recent visit to Peru for the Asia-Pacific Cooperation Summit, the president—who quit drinking 22 years ago—reportedly joined other world leaders in knocking back Pisco sour cocktails. The country's national drink is made with egg... More »

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alcohol • alcoholism • Peru • cocktails • George W. Bush • teetotalling

GLOSSIES

 French No Snobs 
 on Virgin Cocktails 

Paris' best hotel bars serve up delightful booze-free drinks

Sep 2, 08 11:52 AM CDT
(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... More »

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alcohol • Paris • cocktails • alcohol-free drinks

 Mix Masters Stir it Up
 in Cocktail Contest

Four special drinks, one judge and lots of jitters

Jul 27, 08 6:40 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Chicago • drink • competition • lifestyle • cocktails • gourmet • USBG

Opinion

We Live in a Time of Bacon—
Resistance Is Futile

Spray-on variety a bit much, but writer thinks meat can't ever get too full of itself

Jul 10, 08 8:33 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

OPINION

Leap Day Cocktails Lost to Time

Drinks passé, along with Sadie Hawkins-style man-chasing

Feb 29, 08 11:27 AM CST
(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;... More »

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London • New York City • New Orleans • Washington DC • marriage • James Joyce • Dublin • cocktails • leap year • St. Patrick • Sadie Hawkins Day

Cachaça Is the New Tequila, Devotees Say

Pushing Brazil's national drink as the next big buzz in booze

Feb 24, 08 10:49 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Cheers! London Club Concocts $70K Drink

Recipe calls for
cognac, champagne, and a diamond ring

Dec 8, 07 7:14 PM CST
(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... More »

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excess • Movida • cocktails • gold leaf • diamond ring • splurges

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