Category Archives: Drinking

Eatin’s Cheatin

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My motto has always been,  “Eatin’s Cheatin”  but with mixologist getting Chopped inspirations,  who would say no to food pairings with cocktails?  I’d just like to point out: referring to Manhattans as “seasonal” hopefully means ALL seasons  –  much like those people who drive with snow tires all year round…  ’cause you never know.

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  • Matching cocktails with food are a lot more lax than with wine.
  • The more complicated and layered the ingredients are in the glass, the more involved your accompanying hors d’oeuvres can be, and vice versa.
  • For simpler cocktails, simple foods work best.

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Read more: NY Times

Beer Goggles – ALWAYS! Beer Glasses???

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Words like  “brewmaster”  and  “Brooklyn Brewery”  easily catch my interest so when Garrett Oliver searched for the perfect beer glass  (to clarify,  glasses to drink beer from),  I was intrigued.  Personally,  I’d drink beer out of cupped hands if there weren’t any cups.

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  • The favorite:  Chalice-style glass by Hadeland at $140!!!  It better make PBR taste like nectar of the gods!
  • To the pretty pictures of the other contenders.

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Read more:  NY Times

The Venetian Sunrise

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Keiko Niccoloni demonstrates how to make the new creation from the Four Seasons.  Keiko,  Four Seasons Wine Consultant (not bad work if you can get it… or be born into it),  is the daughter to the co-owner of Four Season (to my earlier point).

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  • 3 – 2 – 1 concept:
    • 3 parts Proseco
    • 1 part sparkling water
    • 2 parts Aperol (a spiced orange liquor,  much like Campari,  in fact made by same people that brought you Campari. An all around nepotistic article.)

Bittman makes me thristy

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Mark Bittman,  a minimalist food columnist (aka easy food,  fast) brings drink recipes for when the clock strikes 5.  Who can wait that long…  glug,  glug,  glug,  ahhhhhhh…

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  • “Most of these use a stiff pour of alcohol,  about a quarter cup,  about a third more than the average ‘jigger.'” (Jigga What, Jigga Who)
  • “These drinks do not disguise the flavor of the booze…”
  • To the recipes and pretty pictures.

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Read more: NY Times

Drink Your Way to a Beach Body?

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I love these drink studies (and wouldn’t mind being a test subject – it beats jury duty),

This time it’s from researchers at Purdue University:

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  • A glass of red wine can help you avoid that beer gut because “a compound in red wine—has the ability to delay the generation of young fat cells.”

Disclaimer: This doesn’t give you carte blanche to drink a pitcher of beer once you’ve had a glass of wine… but if you should,  always remember:

Beer before liquor, never sicker; liquor before beer, never fear.

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Read more: MensHealth

Spring Has Sprung

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Spring is here…
Which means baseball season is here…
Which means expensive beer? ! ?

Here are the top five priciest stadiums (based on a small draft beer).  We’re not even going to address the gourmet food offered in some stadiums – Hello???  You’re sitting on hard plastic chairs and eating food out of your lap!

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  1. Tie: Chicago Cubs/Atlanta Braves: $7.00
  2. Toronto Blue Jays:  $7.19
  3. Boston Red Sox: $7.25
  4. Philadelphia Phillies: $7.75
  5. Miami Marlins: $8.00

Oh – You’re Welcome!

 

Read more: Consumerist

When your enemies are down

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With all the bad press around Mexico Walmart’s  bribery scandal, I guess Costco decided to shine a positive light… on itself.

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  • In some states,  you don’t have to be a member to buy wine or other alcoholic beverages at Costco.
  • Costco makes high-end and global wines more affordable with no more than a 15% markup.
  • Speaking of Costco and Kirkland,  we were informed at a recent vodka tasting that Kirkland Vodka  is produced by the same people that make Grey Goose Vodka – sounds like an extra savings of drink money!

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Read more: HuffPo