The idea occurred to my daughter Lindsay and me when she was making a birthday cake for my wife. Why do cooks whip egg whites in copper pots? My first stop was a query to Darcy O’Neil, of Art of Drink fame, drink chemistry guru and author of the definitive book on soda fountains titled [...]
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Simple Syrup-or is it?
February 25th, 2009 
admin Simple syrup is just about the extent of my experience with making homemade cocktail ingredients. I completely agree with many cocktail bloggers out there who believe that the addition of homemade ingredients like fresh sour mix, grenadine, orgeat, and tonic water make a quality cocktail truly superior. I’m fortunate enough to have had the opportunity [...]
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November 14th, 2008 admin Darcy O’Neil of Art of Drink posted this and I couldn’t resist joining in on the fun. It’s a list of the 100 things you should drink before you die. Here’s what to do if you want to play along: “Instructions: 1) Copy this list into your blog, with instructions. 2) Bold all the drinks [...]
Vodka DOES Matter
July 24th, 2008 admin Steve attended the “Rediscovering the Traditions of vodka” led by Steve Olson and learned a great lesson on how to engage an audience. Throughout the whole TOTC event, Vodka was criticized, belittled, vilified, marginalized and ultimately disrespected. It’s like the old Yogi Berra line…”nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.”But with 28% share of the [...]
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