Name Dropping: Meeting the Stars
Stevi Deter (Two at the Most) is a cocktail ingenue living in Redmond, WA.
During Tales of the Cocktail, I’ve seen a lot of great sessions and tasted a lot of great spirits. But I’ve most enjoyed the chance to meet some really great people.
Sure, I got to shake hands with Danny DeVito, who was hand at [...]
New Orleans Photos Highlight Tales of the Cocktail 2009, Courtesy of Cocktail Buzz
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 [...]
Industry Tips From Tales
Sonja Kassebaum is a Chicago-based boutique distiller (North Shore Distillery) and cocktail blogger (Thinking of Drinking), as well as the president of Chicago LUPEC.
Unlike most of my fellow Tales bloggers, I work in the liquor industry full-time, and one of the aspects of Tales that I particularly appreciate is the practical advice in the [...]
Waiter? There’s a pig in my cocktail!
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
It was a tough call.
“Hollywood Cocktails,” which I knew would be entertaining and funny? Or a subject rather beloved of my heart … “Carnivorous Cocktails,” where I’d learn more about drinking meat? (Mmmm, meat …)
Well, that [...]
Two Evenings at the French 75 Bar
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
Going into one of your favorite bars and seeing your favorite bartenders is always a good thing.
When that bar is Arnaud’s French 75 Bar on Bienville Street in New Orleans, you’re doing great just walking in [...]
The Fine Art of Tending Bar
Marleigh Riggins is a print production artist and cocktail enthusiast in Los Angeles. She publishes the blog SLOSHED!
It may perhaps seem odd to take a seminar on Japanese-style bartending from a Slovakian bartender, at least until you learn a little about Stanislav Vadrna. Stanislav became interested in Japanese bartending in 2003 and was given the [...]
Spice – The Nice and The Not-So-Nice
Kara Newman is a New York-based writer and author of Spice and Ice: 60 Tongue-Tingling Cocktails, to be published by Chronicle Books in November 2009.
“Ever heard of a ‘death bucket’?” asked Brooks Reitz, one of the fabulous Cocktail Apprentices here at Tales of the Cocktail.
Apparently, it’s the brainchild of Johnny Iuzzini and some of the [...]
Spirited Dinner at Bayona with Junior Merino, The Liquid Chef
Jonathan Forester is a brewer and distiller in Maine. He writes about spirits and cocktails at Drinking the World.
On Thursday I dined at Bayona Restaurant as Junior Merino, The Liquid Chef, worked his liquid magic upon us all. The meal itself was fine, but the star of the evening wasn’t the food at Bayona or [...]
Cask Strength 1:1
Sylvan Thompson is cocktail drinker and maker in Portland, OR that occasionally posts at TastyLibations.com.
I have always been fascinated by the changes that undergo a spirit as it ages and the effects of time and temperature on our favorite spirits. So I was thrilled to be able attend a seminar on just that – Cask Strength 1:1.
Zoë and Contemporary Cocktail shaking it up at W Hotel
Deb Burst is a freelance writer and photographer who specializes in travel, lifestyle and entertainment. A N’awlins gal, she’s always sniffing out a good story, check her out at debswriting.com.
W New Orleans Hotel paired up a perfect blend of spirits courtesy of the Contemporary Cocktail crew and the culinary creations of Chef Roberto Bustillo, Jr. [...]
