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.
Don’t call it “cider.” If it’s fermented and sparkling and made from pears, the word you want is “perry.” That’s…
They say “an apple a day,” right? But if you tried to do that all year ’round, some of those…
Although they’re now something of a rare sighting these days, I can remember a time when it was harder to…
When I started seeing references to “green juice” all over social media a few months back, I’ll admit I became…
Got Milk? Coconut milk, that is. And you probably do have a can on hand, seeing as coconut milk is…
They say there are three secrets to French cuisine. Number one? Butter, of course. Numbers two and three? Butter and,…
C-U-C-U-M-B-E-R. It’s the very first word I learned how to spell. If that sounds like a funny choice for a…
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