Chicago friends: you guys get the best stuff. All day today, tweet #PatronMyCinco to purchase a Cocktail Courier box delivered to your door within an hour.  If you’re really lucky, you’ll get a mariachi band to deliver it and play some music to celebrate Cinco […]

This one isn’t a recipe, but head over to Lackman in Over-the-Rhine during the month of September, and you can try Tabb Harrison’s new cocktail menu, inspired by his favorite musician, Billy Joel. You can try Loneliness, made out of anejo tequila, tobacco bitters, and […]

The most interesting cocktails in the city come from Steven Clement at Salazar. He experiments with sweet, savory, spice (and everything nice) in order to come up with cocktails that are both beautiful and delicious, as well as inventive.  The Pedro Piper is a twist […]

(Guest post by The Better Half) I don’t cover as many events for wmdm as I used to. But if Julie does a good job of piquing my interest, I can be coaxed out of semi-retirement. This particular invite begins, “Hey, Sweetie, interested in free […]

Metropole has just introduced a brand new cocktail menu, which I received a press release the day after I tried it.  Whoops. On Monday, I had several former coworkers in from out of town.  After hopping from Salazar, to Lackman, to Obscura, we finished the […]

Thanks for tuning in this morning– 8:50 AM cocktails? Sure, why not. This cocktail was developed for Falcon Theatre’s fall fundraiser (where it was a hit!), but I’ve continued to drink it all Fall. If you don’t want the alcohol, just do about half and […]

Lindsay Laubenstein, formerly of Emilia Enoteca (and currently at Igby’s) was recently published in Gaz Regan’s 101 Best New Cocktails, 2013. Her cocktail, created for Emilia Enoteca, uses Buffalo Trace, Creme de Violette and Adam Elmegirab’s Aphrodite bitters to create Myrrah’s Passion.  I’ve had it, […]

It’s a cocktail hour… with no alcohol. It’s possible! Sometimes, in the heat of summer, the last thing you want is alcohol. You’re already hot. You’re already tired. You don’t need anything to make you hotter or more tired, so what do you drink? I […]

I seriously love cookbooks. I particularly love cocktail books– though often, the books aren’t groundbreaking, I love the different approaches different bartenders have, the history, everything. Step By Step Cocktails: The Perfect Guide to Cocktail Making, which is part of Parragon’s Love Food line of […]

I often wonder if Martha Stewart gets emergency cleaning texts from her friends: “Martha! I have mustard on my shirt! What do I do?”  Or if Alton Brown gets random cooking science phone calls from his sister-in-law, “I mixed milk in vinegar, what’s that reaction […]