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Booze Burgers and Beats The Internet's XanaxMaybe it’s because my mother always had issues of Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Elle around the house; because for some reason I’ve always loved magazines. When I was younger I had every single issue of metal magazines like Circus, Hit Parade, Thrasher etc. Later I would move on to sports magazines like Sports Illustrated and hip [...]
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Normally I don’t look to find humor in books because I’ve never been able to do so before. Even Artie Lange, who I love, last’s book, Too Fat To Fish, wasn’t so funny as it was interesting, inspiring and finally a tad bit heart breaking. Not too long ago a friend of mine mentioned that [...]
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If you missed my passionate post on the margarita you can check it out here While I’m completely against using artificial sweeteners or syrups in most cocktails I think that using fresh fruits, herbs and botanicals to enhance classic cocktails and create new ones is essential to mixology. Living in New York City I’ve been [...]
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This is quite a delightful drink that comes to us via the excellent Savoy Cocktail Book. It really is just a sweeter Martini with orange and apricot liqueurs cutting through the dryness of the vermouth and gin. I think it’s a great drink for those who like the idea behind a Martini but find the [...]
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This delightful cocktail made it’s initial appearance in Patrick Gavin Duffy’s The Official Mixer’s Manual (1934). The three ingredients are pretty standard so this is an easy drink to make. The only ingredient one may have some trouble procuring is the raspberry syrup but if you have a large supermarket or ethnic market nearby (Italian [...]
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10. Blindness Blindness is a book with a truly horrifying scenario at it’s heart: what if everyone in the world were to lose their sight to disease in a short period of time? The answer is actually somewhat predictable, but that doesn’t lessen the bleakness as society collapses quickly in this novel by Portugese author [...]
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