Consider the Negroni … the perfect cocktail?
Do you remember your first Negroni?
I do. It was way back in the early days of my cocktail journey, when I was a mere cocktail toddler. One of the many silly things I thought I “knew” then was that I hated Campari, the frighteningly red (colored with bugs, eww!) and bitter (gaah!) potion that [...]
Sodatender or Barjerk: Lost Secrets Revealed?
Last year I had the best Ramos Gin Fizz I’d ever had in my life.
As a New Orleanian I’ve had a lot of ‘em, good and bad. (The nadir was the one at an unnamed restaurant which should have known better; it had so much orange flower water in it that it tasted like hand [...]
So where y’all wanna eat? (Oh-Ten!)
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
Yeah, I’m not going to be able to make it to Tales this year. (Waah! I don’t wanna talk about it.)
But I do hope all y’all have a GREAT time at Tales, and I want to [...]
A Musical Prep for Tales
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
Chuck won’t be joining us for Tales this year, unfortunately, but he was still kind enough to assemble a playlist of music inspired by New Orleans. So if you haven’t yet boarded your flight to MSY, [...]
Spirited Dinner at GW Fins, with Beachbum Berry and Martin Cate
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
It was a tough decision which Spirited Dinner to go to this year — so many menus looked great, we were teetering between Wolfe’s in the Warehouse and Iris and we thought long and hard about [...]
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 Bittersweet Truth of Starting a Bar
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
It’s the dream of every cocktail nerd. A way to make money from our passion. We’ve all thought about it, for at least a few minutes, haven’t we? ”How cool would it be to have my [...]
So, where y’all wanna drink?
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
“You’re kidding, right? Where do we want to drink? We’ll be drinking all day! People will be thrusting liquor and cocktails into our hands morning, noon and night! There’s the Carousel Bar right in the hotel [...]
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 [...]
