
Three New Cocktails for the New Year!
KEVIN'S COCKTAILS will be going on hiatus (as I will be immersed in writing my newest novel). But I want to leave you with three...

Retro Cocktail for August: Gin & Tonic
A well-made Gin & Tonic, also known as a G&T, is a near perfect drink. It’s simple, elegant, delicious, and refreshing, especially on a...

Hemingway Beats Up Nicholas Sparks With One Hand Tied Behind His Back
"Is it possible that existence is our exile and nothingness our home?"
—Emil Cioran, On the Heights of Despair “Philosophy at times is...

Caravaggio’s Dilemma: Another Effed-Up Artist & the Double-Edged Sword of Genius
Caravaggio was a crazy bastard who lost his parents at an early age and died miserably. But he was also a great and visionary artist, so...

This Washroom Breeds Bolsheviks! The Best Pomegranate Martini Ever
Sure, there’s some good stuff in The Communist Manifesto. And it’s also quite short, so people have no excuse not to read it. But sadly,...

The Lawyers Here Can’t Dress For Shit: A New Cocktail With Style
I’m sitting here outside at the wharf, enjoying this perfect day. The sun is shining through a scintillating blue, as clear as an azure...

Ginger Not Mary Ann: A Glamorous, Captivating Cocktail
Today’s new drink is a victory for Science. Think of “Gilligan’s Island”, that supremely silly sitcom from the Sixties. (Four...

Plague of Locusts: "Let My People Go... to a Cocktail Bar!"
In The Bible, in Exodus 10-12, locusts are one of ten plagues visited upon Egypt after the Pharaoh refused to free the enslaved...

Modern Art: A Cubist Cocktail
Like Cubism itself, this new cocktail features angular tastes and facets of flavor coming together in a jarring composition that somehow...

If Only There Were Angels: A New Cocktail to Soothe Our Aloneness
“I'm the first to admit that this world we live in is both the rock and the hard place, but even I don't rely on delusions, myths, and...