Okay, so I Lied

I said I’d continue my Molecular Mixology story this week, and time has just simply escaped me.  It’ll have to wait ’til next week.  Maybe this weekend, we’ll see.  In the meantime, I wanted to let you all know that I will be at Macy’s Culinary Studio in Chicago, IL tomorrow, Thurs, Feb. 28th.  I’ll be conducting [...]

Spherifi – what?

Spherification:  the process of changing the chemical compounds of a liquid to create a gel, which in turn is dropped into another liquid chemical mix that magically turns it into tiny balls (much like caviar).  What the crap are you talking about, Pogash?  Frankly, I’m not even sure what I’m talking about myself.  Allow me [...]

Bar Crawl: East Village Part Deux

Okay it’s been enough time for you all to digest Part One of this series.  Now for the continuation.  Stay with me here.  It’s the same evening, and we’ve moved on from Freeman’s to another East Village joint hidden on East 6th St.  The place with the black doors reminiscent of Hell.  Yes, it’s Death [...]

Bar Crawl: East Village

First off, Happy Valentine’s Day.
Secondly, one of these nights, I’d highly recommend crawling your way through the East Village, as I did yesterday evening.  The soiree began solo at ‘The Box’ – that place that says ‘Spanjer Signs’ on the front. 

Hennessy Cognac was having an event entitled ‘Chefs and Chocs,’ in which Hennessy Cognacs and Chocolate would [...]

How to flame an orange twist

Ahh yes, the wonderfully flashy flamed orange twist.  This method of showmanship, while adding flavor and color to a cocktail, was popularized my none other than Dale DeGroff.  He is one of the modern-day legends in the field of mixology.  Now I will as clearly and consisely as possible, describe to you how to flame an [...]

Me ol’ pal James

James Moreland is a dear old friend.  I worked with him at Town Restaurant in the hay-day of the early 2000’s.  He is a great bar-man, and taught me a lot during my ‘green’ phase as a bartender.  Well, last night, as I was dashing back and forth behind the bar at Bookmarks Lounge (we were [...]

Bartender person, what’s your favorite drink to drink?

That is the question that I get asked time and time again as a bartender.  I always answer confidently and emphatically: Margaritas.  The classic cocktail consisting of Tequila, Triple Sec, Lime Juice, and the always debated simple syrup.  Some don’t believe in adding simple syrup, since the Triple Sec acts as the cocktail’s sweetener.  I [...]

Super Fat Tuesday

It’s Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, and what better place to spend it than New Orleans.  But, alas, we’ll have to wait until Tales of the Cocktail this July to get our bums over there.  We can only imagine what those crazy folks will be up to, or probably already are up to, down in the [...]

The Zen of Chocolate

It was a bit hard to get out of bed this morning, probably because my tummy was filled with delicousness from a dinner that I was invited to last night.  Godiva Liqueur had a tasting session and dinner at NYC’s Tao Restaurant – yup, the place that was converted into a restaurant from a movie [...]

DA GIANTS WIN!

Holy Cow!  As a perpetually proud New Yorker, I am even prouder (? more proud?) to be a New Yorker this fine morning.  What a spectacle last night’s superbowl was.  New England lost their undefeated streak in the grandest of ways.  And our favorite pouter Eli played his little heart out.  So Giselle, so sorry you’re [...]