Category: recipes

  • Party Tips from Esquire

    I think it's a little odd to put your New Year's party tips in the January issue of a magazine instead of December, then to give away all the content online before it's even January, but that's why I'm not a rich and famous magazine editor. Nor am I a David Wondrich, who wrote all…

  • Wild Tofurkey

    It's almost Thanksgiving, and that means all the booze news is full of stories on what to pair with your turkey. Phooey. As you know, the entire staff here at Alcademics HQ (me) is vegetarian, so I don't play that game. But I do like Thanksgiving, as it's a holiday centered around pigging out and…

  • Icefusions

    Gourmet.com has a story about a bartender making ice infused with herbs and spices like dried cherry, cardamom, and clove, which open up in cocktails and add new flavors to the drink as they melt. I've had ice made from coconut water and bitters-infused ice before, but this is a new idea to me. Think…