Tales of the Cocktail for Cocktail Widows (of All Genders)
Heather Gregg of Tikimama.com is an enthusiastic enjoyer of cocktails from Portland, Oregon. She is a big fan of bartenders and never wants to be one.
Or, how to enjoy the event your partner dragged you to, swearing: “it’s a lot of fun!” Except you didn’t envision spending all day in classes called “Create the [...]
So, where y’all wanna eat? (‘09!)
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
Heck-ola … that went well!
It seems that last year’s “Where y’all wanna eat?” post was quite popular, with printouts of it sticking out of people’s pockets as they wandered the streets of New Orleans in the [...]
Paying the piper: your hangover and you
Lauren Clark is the publisher of drinkboston.com (Bars, bartenders and imbibing in Beantown), a freelance drinks journalist and a former bartender and brewer.
So, you failed to heed the advice in How to drink all day at Tales without getting (too) drunk? Time to break out the hangover remedies, my friend.
What richer subject is there for [...]
The Case for Virgin Mixology®
Written by: Natalie Bovis-Nelsen is the author of “Preggatinis™: Mixology for the Mom-to-Be,” which features more than 75 of her virgin cocktail recipes and made about.com’s Top Ten cocktail books of 2008. She is the founder of TheLiquidMuse.com, a beverage consulting service and online cocktail blog-a-zine. Natalie is once again the creator of Tales’ “Official [...]
Moonshine Madness at Bourbon House and Beyond
Steve Schul and Paul Zablocki (Cocktail Buzz) ply their love for cocktails, mixology, and food pairings on their Web site, Cocktail Buzz and their blog “Buzzings” with videos that offer demonstrations of cocktail/appetizer pairings, recipes for meals to follow your cocktail, as well as a reviews of cocktail bars and restaurants in NYC and other [...]
What You Should Know About Robert Hess and his Cocktails of the Seven Seas Seminar
Keith Waldbauer is a bartender at Barrio in Seattle. He chronicles his interest in bartending and cocktails at Moving at the Speed of Life.
On Friday, July 10th from 2:30-4:30, Robert Hess will be holding court at the Queen Anne Ballroom of the Hotel Monteleone. The following is what you should know:
* The Seven Seas, in [...]
New Mixology Toys & Techniques
Sonja Kassebaum is a Chicago-based boutique distiller (North Shore Distillery) and cocktail blogger (Thinking of Drinking). In her spare time, she’s president and founder of the Chicago chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails (LUPEC Chicago), and a member of the United States Bartenders Guild, Illinois Chapter.
Every day, in every great cocktail bar, mixologists [...]
How to Drink All Day at Tales without Getting (Too) Drunk
Kirsten Amann (LUPEC Boston) is a freelance writer, lifestyle publicist, and founding member of the Boston chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails (LUPEC Boston).
“Surviving Tales intact is definitely a challenge but its also part of the fun. Everywhere you turn there will be someone you know either less drunk than you [...]
From Brewer to Distiller, a Change Both Rich and Strange
Matthew B. Rowley (Rowley’s Whiskey Forge) is an advertising executive, former museum curator, and past board member of the Southern Foodways Alliance.
Full fathom five thy father lies,
Of his bones are coral made,
Those are pearls that were his eyes,
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change,
into something rich and strange
~ The Tempest (Act I, [...]
Liquid Nudging
Jay Hepburn is a cocktail enthusiast from London, England. He blogs at Oh Gosh! and produces the online cocktail series Oh Gosh! TV.
Having worked in the alcohol industry for 20 years, trained over 10,000 bartenders, and had drinks at no less than 20,000 bars around the world, Philip Duff knows a thing or two about [...]
