This is one of my new favorite drinks. I got it from a beautiful new cocktail book called Vintage Cocktails, by the folks at the Bellmans Bar at the Carlylse Hotel in New York. The Bellmans is a magical place, like walking into a movie set / time machine. Entirely candlelit, with [...]

Wisconsin summers are hardly notorious, except for their brevity. But keep in mind that, at least while I was growing up there, air conditioning was a rarity. So that week or two of 90° and high humidity can be pretty uncomfortable. Besides, after the long winter, 75°and sunny feels like Aruba.
A favorite drink of my [...]

“Because what I say is simple to understand and to do, there is no one able to understand or do it.” -Lao-tse, Tao Te Ching #70
The simplest things are the most difficult. When something has a dozen parts, you can break it down and make sense of it and believe that you understand it. But [...]