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Cocktails Gone Spherical
Now that “handcrafted” cocktails have become about as commonplace as craft beer, bartenders and bloggers are looking for new ways to impress. You might think molecular mixology is gimmicky, but you...
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Cocktail O’Clock: Salsa Verde
Find yourself with leftover tequila from Cinco de Mayo? Here’s a way to use it up that won’t make you gag on a moldy lime.Firefly in Washington, D.C. infuses tequila with poblano peppers (how-to here),...
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Endless Poptails: Watermelon Blackberry Margarita
Anyone know if the five-second rule applies to popsicles? It would seem that a perspiring popsicle would probably pick up more microbial friends than say, a fallen cupcake, right? Hmm, it would seem,...
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Endless Poptails: Melon Berry Diablo
When someone tells you your food is “interesting,” is that the equivalent of being told you look homely?It’s a shitty statement to make about someone’s food. And I had a pissed off look to follow after...
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Cocktail O’Clock: Waquila
One of the best things about summer is buying a big, ripe striped green watermelon on a scorching afternoon. While a few slices are great, the remaining bright pink interior remains, calling to you on...
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Endless Road Trip Seattle: Now That’s a Spicy Cocktail
I’m kind of fickle when it comes to spicy stuff. Sometimes I love it (5-star Thai curries, chipotle peppers, Cholula on my scrambled eggs) and sometimes it’s just too much for me (stirfry drenched in...
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Wine Enemas…They’ll Get You in the End
Oh those crazy college kids! What will they do next? Being that I’m a fan of most things alcohol related, I recently came across an article about a college student that was partaking in a little...
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An ‘Ordinary’ Test
I recently discovered that in terms of my own personal liquor tastes, I am a ‘connoisseur of the ordinary.’When I walk into a bar, my personal liquor preference list is this: bourbon, scotch, rye,...
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Drinking the Season: 7 Holiday Cocktail Recipes
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, you know what ES has up our virtual sleeves for you…a holiday cocktail! Or seven!OK, fine, we don’t actually have a Kwanzaa cocktail (Sandra...
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Cocktail O’Clock: Strawberry-Jalapeño Marg!
Just when I thought margaritas could not get any better, BOOM this appeared and it’s here to stay. If you haven’t had a strawberry-jalapeño margarita yet you must do so immediately. Let me tell you, as...
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Cocktail O’ Clock: Cinco De Derby-o
Not sure if you’re aware, but this weekend is one of the biggest events of the year. Why? Well, first of all, we have the holiday to end all holidays, Cinco de Mayo. If that weren’t reason enough to...
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Cocktail O’ Clock: Fusion Margaritas!
I love fusion food. You take one cuisine you like, combine it with another cuisine you like, and what do you get? A cuisine you love! One of my favorites is Korean tacos, a food truck staple from LA...
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Cocktail O’ Clock: The Melonda
Summertime = watermelon. I like it as a nice, plain fruit but I also like it in my dranks. Watermelon and tequila are a compatible pair, and our friends at Maestro Dobel tequila sent us a recipe truly...
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Cocktail O’Clock: Camarena Chipotle Cooler
When the weather gets hot, the cocktails get…hot. Love how you can see the flecks of chili peppers dancing around in this one, warning you it ain’t no regular summer cocktail.Chipotle Cooler2 oz...
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It’s ‘National Something’ Day!!!
Nuts! I missed it again! Just like last year I woke up too hung over to remember that it was National Tequila Day. And each time this glorious day is celebrated I think back to that little neighborhood...
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The Regrettable Edible
You know what the relationship is between inspiration and perspiration? Inspiration allows you to think outside the box, which sometimes leads to magical creations. Perspiration is what happens when...
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Cocktail O’Clock: Autumn Old Fashioned
This way you can be Don Draper and have your holiday spices, too. This Autumn Old Fashioned includes a homemade syrup of orange, cloves, and all-spice, mixed up with bitter and — for an extra warming...
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ES-Approved Holiday Gift Guide for Food Lovers
Still looking for that perfect gift for the epicurean in your life? Try one of our suggestions! Thanks to the internet, there’s no shortage of cookbooks and kitchen goods out there, but we’ve cut...
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Endless Road Trip Marfa: Hotel Paisano
Marfa’s Hotel Paisano is a very special place. Not only is it a gorgeous historic building with an ultra-classy patio & bar, but it’s also the location/headquarters of the 1956 film Giant, starring...
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Cocktail O’Clock: Spicy Paloma
Is it me, or this week already looooooooooooong?Today’s cocktail o’clock comes courtesy of The Roof at Viceroy New York and with a jalapeño-meets-tequila kick, is sure to snap you out of any midweek...
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