Category Archive for Cocktails
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History Sparks and "The Strike"
This week back in 1827, a chemist based in Stockton-on-Tees, England, made a striking discovery. Learn about John Walker’s accidental invention of the friction match, and then light up your night with these brilliant matchstick cocktails. The “STRIKE,” as... Read more...
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Rico's Best Of The Year
A random bunch of things I found to be Best in 2010, whether they originated in 2010 or not... Read more...
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Yes, Virginia, There Are Drinkable Peanuts
In episode #75, we despaired over the absence, on our planet, of a peanut liqueur. Our listeners set us straight. Read more...
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A slick cocktail
DPD listener Cathryn Poff sent us this sadly timely drink recipe. Read more...
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Fish Drinks: Listeners take the bait
In our last episode, Brendan lamented the relative dearth of cocktails with a fish component. So we asked listeners to hep us to fishy tipples... and were alternately intrigued and appalled by their responses. Read more...
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Best of 2009 -- you tell us
The air is crisp, the Times Square Ball has been adorned with spankin’ new waterford crystal, and it has become temporarily impossible for journos like ourselves to get sources to return phone calls. Must be New Year’s week. And so... Read more...
