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.
Pound for pound, no single fruit has more health claims connected to it than the blueberry. Rich in anthocyanin, a…
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Beans and booze, together at last. Said nobody ever. But aquafaba (chickpea water), the hot new emulsifier currently being touted…
It’s not listed in any cocktail recipes. You won’t find it on anybody’s back bar. But increasingly, it’s an ingredient…
Even if few of us follow through on every single New Year’s resolution, it’s still a great time of year…
You say tomato. I say tomato water. It took me a long time to come around to this bizarre-sounding cocktail…
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