
Slaw of Attraction: A Cocktail & the Ultimate Coleslaw
White people manifesting abundance. With summer right around the corner, it’s time to start planning for those picnics, backyard parties,...

She Blinded Me With Science: An Empirically Good Cocktail
The Scientific Method is all about replicating the experiment. It’s not subjective. It’s not anecdotal. If the guy doing the experiment...

The Curious Rise & Precipitous Fall of the Orange Oligarch: A Cocktail of Hope
What's happened to America is beyond disturbing, beyond the comic and the ridiculous. In the hopes of the fall happening sooner rather...

A Warming Drink for a Cold Winter's Night: More Scaffa!
In keeping with my recent love affair of "Scaffa style" (see BLOG entry for January 6, 2017: La Strada: A New Cocktail in the "Scaffa...

Embrace the Darkness: A Drink (& Video) to Get Us Through the Coming Apocalypse
A dark and bitter drink for these dark and bitter times. Sure, we’ll probably survive and it won’t be the Apocalypse, but whatever...

Nietzsche? Whitesnake? Cocktails? OMG!
What do you get when you cross a 19th century German philosopher with a 1980s hair band? Add to that, alcohol and Tawny Kitaen, and the...

Down For The Count: A New Negroni
In celebration of "National Negroni Week" (June 6 through June 12), I offer to you a new twist on Count Negroni's famous creation....

Mad Manhattan: A Mad Men Inspired Manhattan
Mad Men is one of my favorite TV shows. So much so, that I reference it time and again in my memoir, TALES OF INSOMNIA DESPAIR & THE...

Evolution of a Cocktail: La Dolce Vita—A Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Ginger Liqueur, & Chartreuse Cock
Milano-Torino First, there was a drink called the "Milano-Torino" in the 1860s, served at Gaspar Campari's bar, Caffè Campari. It was...

Retro Cocktail for April: Bijou
"Bijou" is my RETRO COCKTAIL for April, 2016. In French, bijou means "jewel". The drink is called this because it combines the colors of...