Christine Sismondo is a National Magazine Award-Winning drinks columnist and the author of Mondo Cocktail: A Shaken and Stirred History as well as America Walks into a Bar: A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops.
In the beginning, there were six: The Old Fashioned, the Martini, the Sidecar, the Jack Rose, the Daiquiri and the…
Spaggle (English) VERB Definition: To add a splash of sparkling wine to any cocktail. Example: “There was a lot of…
Cider usually comes one of three ways: Straight up, on the rocks or mulled. None of these exactly require an…
Hurricane Maria's wake-up call for Puerto Rico By Christine Sismondo Between tiki, tropical blender drinks and the many yo-ho-ho jokes...
Remember the bad old days of powdered lime bar mix? If not, consider yourself lucky. In the 1980s and ‘90s,…
Long before the soyaccino, there was horchata. Made from rice (and sometimes almonds), horchata is the original non-dairy “milk” —…
When I started seeing references to “green juice” all over social media a few years back, I’ll admit I became…
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