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Peaches in season, from a good grower, are one of those special annual treats. Georgia and California peaches should be in your market now, so plan your strategy: hand fruit, fresh peach salsa, peach pie, peach ice cream…and a Peach Margarita. In the U.S., the peach harvest typically begins in early May from Georgia to…
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[1] A delicious Negroni at Taralucci e Vino in New York City (photo © Taralucci e Vino) [2] An idea from Irvington Restaurant in New York City: bottling a Negroni as a party favor (photo © Irvington Restaurant). It’s time to celebrate Negroni Week. For those not immersed in cocktail culture, the Negroni is…
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The different types of whiskey for World Whiskey Day, and why some spell it whisky.
The tall, cool Southside cocktail. Photo courtesy Tanqueray Gin. Yesterday we presented three of the most popular cocktails of the 1920s, including the Gin Rickey, the French 75 and the Martini. Prohibition was in effect from 1920 through 1933, so Jazz Age cocktails were made with bootleg liquor. While President Woodrow Wilson vetoed the…
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The Gin Rickey. Photo courtesy Tanqueray Gin. The latest version of “The Great Gatsby” opens in cinemas today, begging the question, what did Gatsby serve at those wild parties? We know from the novel that Gatsby was a bootlegger. In the summer of 1922, when novel is set, Prohibition was two and a half…
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