Cognac’s Identity Crisis
How the liquor’s marketing success among both rappers and codgers has blinded consumers to its subtler pleasures… More »
Wayne Curtis is an Atlantic correspondent.
How the liquor’s marketing success among both rappers and codgers has blinded consumers to its subtler pleasures… More »
Liquor companies love to claim they use closely guarded, centuries-old recipes. usually it’s just marketing.… More »
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A long-forgotten soft drink is helping create surprising new cocktails.… More »
A New Zealand bartender learns what pirates and sailors knew long ago: explosives and liquor mix just fine.… More »
In San Francisco, two dominant trends of the cocktail world are converging, with exquisite results.… More »
Four years after the levee failures, New Orleans is seeing an unexpected boom in architectural experimentation. Small, independent developers are succeeding in getting houses built where the government has failed. And the city's unique challenges—among them environmental impediments, an entrenched culture of leisure, and a casual acquaintance with regulation—are spurring design innovations that may redefine American architecture for a generation.… More »
For fans of the legendary cocktail writer Charles H. Baker, the contents of a drink are less compelling than the story behind it.… More »
The natural habitat of the Picon Punch—among Basque shepherds, in the wilds of California—is its great appeal.… More »
Ice—the most neglected of cocktail ingredients—can ruin a drink or make it come alive.… More »
New Orleans still has a way of making you feel as if you’ve been tippling, even when you’re stone sober.… More »
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