The Flowing Bowl: A Recap of the Precap

What was left of the crowd (this is to mean what tattered remains remained of those who had not yet departed New Orleans, so in a sense to mean what was left of what was left of the crowd…I’ve lost you haven’t I) showed up this “morning” (yes, 12:30pm is definitely morning, in fact early [...]

Disregarding advice (for some reason)

Guest blogger Derek Bagley is assistant editor of Southern Breeze Magazine.

I went to the Happy Hour with my wife, Beth, Thursday evening after a great day of events, beginning with the fantastic To Have and Have Not: The Hemingway Bartender’s Companion, followed by two-Sazerac lunch at the Napoleon House and then a tasting room with [...]

LiveBlogging: Beer Cocktails with Stephen Beaumont

10:40 Beer has been used as an ingredient in drinks since, well, the creation of beer.
10:41 Most of that beer was awful.
10:42 Biere Picon? The Northern French drink a lager with a shot of Amer Picon in it.
10:43 Biere Flambe: Flaming cognac in a Chimay glass, and slowly adding Chimay.
10:46 Note to self: [...]

Booze-a-palooza!

Misty Kalkofen is a bartender at Green Street in Cambridge, Mass., and a founder and blogger at LUPEC-Boston.
We’re here!  After months of anticipation, the ladies of LUPEC Boston have happily settled into our comfy accommodations in the French Quarter.  Not wasting any time, we’ve already hit many of our favorite spots…dining at the Napoleon House, Cochon, and Jacques-Imo’s and [...]