My sister Rose has just informed me that my honeymoon is over, and it’s time to get back to the grindstone. It’s true, I’ve been slacking on my blogging duties lately, but I’ve had other things on my mind. Planning a wedding for 125 guests is no easy feat, but in the end it turned [...]
Posted by: Will on August 13th, 2007 © Filed under: Cocktails & Spirits | No Comments »
Ever since I moved to Long Beach, CA, home to over 50,000 Cambodian immigrants and said to be the second largest Cambodian community in the world after Phnom Penh, I’ve had easy access to some of the tastiest and most authentic Cambodian and Thai food in the US. In fact, some of these restaurants are [...]
Posted by: Will on July 23rd, 2007 © Filed under: Condiments | No Comments »
The bitters materials arrived a week ago Thursday, but other projects kept me from launching the experiment until this Wednesday night. I had fun jarring, labeling, and tasting all of the different components. Then I measured out the ingredient and assembled the mixes. It took only a few minutes – I just tossed everything together [...]
Posted by: Will on July 20th, 2007 © Filed under: Cocktails & Spirits, Condiments | 1 Comment »
A few years ago, when I first started ordering rye whiskeys, the bartender would, as often as not, pull out a dusty bottle of Old Overholt. More often than not, he or she would bear a quizzical and concerned look as if to say “do you know what you’re asking for?” Rye was seen as [...]
Posted by: Will on July 5th, 2007 © Filed under: Cocktails & Spirits | No Comments »
Much to the chagrin of our parents, Will and I have also come to love classic cocktails. OK, so maybe we loved them a bit too well in our early 20s, but I like to think that early enthusiasm has developed into a healthy connoisseurship. But aside from the usual bitters examples – Jagermeister, Fernet [...]
Posted by: Will on July 3rd, 2007 © Filed under: Cocktails & Spirits, Condiments | 2 Comments »
