Month: October 2010

  • More Fun with Ice: The Time Bomb

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    The fun with ice continues! In ongoing experiments freezing things in ice, I decided to try freezing food coloring in the middle of an ice cube. Then when the ice melts, the coloring will release and change the drink.  Click on the link below to see how I did it and what happened. 

  • Using Salt Walter as an Insulator to Make Clear Ice

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    This blog post is a continuation of this experiment. In this experiment, I wanted to test out another way to insulate an ice cube tray to make clear ice. Inspired by a comment from another blog entry by a reader named Gael, I decided to try salt water as an insulator rather than just plain…

  • Welcome Back, Harvey Wallbanger

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    With the new formula of Galliano and a renewed interest in the fern bar, the Harvey Wallbanger is about due for a comeback.  In my latest post for Fine Cooking, I investigate the cocktail. Have a look, and remember that comments make me happy and keep me employed.

  • Making Clear Ice Without a Cooler

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    In a set of experiments, I showed that you can make clear ice by controling the direction of freezing. The container I've been using for this is an Igloo cooler. When using it, the ice freezes from the top-down and all the cloudiness in the ice forms at the bottom of the container rather than…

  • Germany, Ensslin, Aviation, and Blue Cocktails

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    My latest post on FineCooking.com is up. It's typical of my thought process: I was going to write about my time in Germany and ended up talking about a German bartender who wrote an American cocktail book in which the Aviation cocktail was first mentioned and later forgotten.  Read it here.  (I took this picture-…

  • The Tequila-Sherry Connection

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    Every time I look for sherry I find tequila there too. What is it with the tequila people and the sherry people being the same people?   Steven Olson aka Wine Geek is both a tequila and mezcal ambassador and also a sherry ambassador.  Jacques Bezuidenhout, Partida tequila brand ambassador and sometimes sherry ambassador, also created…

  • Berlin Cocktail Snake

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    I'm in Berlin, Germany blogging for the bar show Bar Convent Berlin. I had a few extra hours today, so I decided to see some of the city. I visited a remaining portion of the Berlin Wall, passed by some sausage stands, had a beer, and saw the sign for the famous cocktail snakes.   The…

  • Intro to Negroni, over at FineCooking.com

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    My weekly recipe is up on FineCooking.com, a quick introduction to the Negroni cocktail. Perhaps you have heard of such a thing? Check it out, and if you have a preferred way of making the Negroni different that the typical equal parts, stirried, up method, feel free to comment over there on FineCooking. Comments make…