Green Your Hangover

This week’s mission: An ecofriendly vodka gift pack and some meatless taco and burger mixes.

360 Vodka invites tree-huggers to tie one on.

It’s fine to buy in bulk. Vanilla extract is so alcoholic it won’t go bad. As far as the quality of McCormick to begin with, I don’t know.

the distillation process. Anyone know if this is true? Some gin labels say "distilled" and others don’t.

an American Gin by the name of McCormick is not bad.

“artesanal” double-distilled direct to American market products like “Leblon” to make good caipirinhas.Use what most of the Brazilians use to make their caipirinhas, Ypioca and 51, which are at BevMO and...

. “Synthesized” or perhaps "distilled" might be better words. I like the fact that this discussion about vanilla calls into question the distinction between “natural” and...

You might like Mexican McCormick mayo.

McCormick and Schmick might be somewhere to try for a good crabcake. The Quarterdeck is a great crab place right in your neck of the woods – Rosslyn – and I think they have a decent crab cake as well. Finally, the...

Ask Metafilter doesn’t often cover cooking, but when it does, it’s usually insightful, as it’s an intense, distilled community of smart people without a lot of chatter and inanity (sort of like Chowhound!). They...

my left nut to lure into town. - “Islands,” a simply transcendental burger joint based in Lahaina, Hawaii and with locations throughout Southern California & Arizona. I have YET to find a burger more sublime - "...

. Their hangouts from Irelands to Morton’s have been some of the best places to eat in Chicago over the years. The key, however, is that convention dining is not adventure dining. Morton’s did this better than anyone....