Inspired by the American Beauty rose, this lush pink tail is a shimmering example of a perfectly named drink.

How to drink more.

The salesman had had quite enough of my waffling between two overcoats. Howard Turkell, 60-ish and a garment center veteran, was trying to be polite with the weirdo hipster kid who’d turned up at his third-floor shop that...

I liked the Recession Vodka thread and started thinking (I know, “Dangerous”) what about other spirits? What’s a good gin that won’t bankrupt me? (Tanqueray is simply too offensive and Beefeater so close to...

Video

This week’s mission: a spirit that’s supposed to prevent hangovers, and middlebrow holiday cheese.

A few highlights from the big brown booze celebration.

for those who have never gone wine-tasting on their own (but please, don’t let me be there when they ask for White Zinfandel). It’s one of those “destination” things that we do when we win a gift...

of the spectrum with wine and spirits. I have tried the high end spirits, just didn’t see what all the the fuss was about ~ didn’t find them to be any better than what I usually drink – Southern Comfort and...

Had the shrimp stew lunch special today at New Orleans Food and Spirits in Bucktown, and it was great and reasonably priced. Everything coming out of the kitchen looked really good, too. That was my first time there, and...

Rum is typically. I just watched a program where the host added white chocolate liquer to egg nog which sounded like a nice twist.

blend of spices, with sops of bread softened and pleasantly soggy in the gravy. Then there are concerts and staid couples step out to do the Portuguese quickstep on the dance floor." Many of the Holy Spirit Festas take place this...

The absinthe is green to start with and turns milky white after you add the water. Without the sugar, I think it would be very, very difficult to get down.

Video

Sweet goes with sweet. It’s not ideal, but it can work.

tequila wine (red, white and dry vermouth – counting that as one not three) Cointreau brandy lemoncello

I’m looking for a specific type of Taylor Fladgate port (called chip dry – it’s a white port) that we bought originally in Portugal. My mom loooves it and I thought it would be nice to surprise her with some for...