Category Archive for lemon

• The B3

  Kris Holechek Peters

  March 2, 2012 8:45 AM

  Recipes , lemon , sodium bicarbonate , sugar , vodka

  This week in 1899, Bayer Corp. patented a little pill they called "aspirin." For a healthy heart, listen to the history of it's creation once a day, then take two of these and call us in the morning. Read more...

• The Boardwalk Fizz

  Kris Holechek Peters

  February 10, 2012 8:27 AM

  Recipes , gin , lemon , simple syrup

  In 1904 Elizabeth Magie patented a board game called The Landlord's Game, in the hope that it would teach people about the evils of landgrabbing. Learn about how her game eventually inspired Charles Darrow's "Monopoly" (first marketed by Parker Bros this week in 1935), then sip this drink while building your real estate empire. Read more...

• Hattie Bo Baddy

  Kris Holechek Peters

  January 13, 2012 7:47 AM

  Recipes , bitters , caraway , honey syrup , lemon , whiskey

  This week back in 1932, an Arkansas housewife suddenly became the first elected female Senator in U.S. history...and that was the easy part. Learn all about the woman reporters called "Silent Hattie," and then toast her memory with a blend of potent southern poisons that'll leave you speechless. Read more...

• The Disco Smash

  Kris Holechek Peters

  July 15, 2011 1:48 PM

  Recipes , curacao , lemon , mint leaves , rum

  This week back in 1979, Chicago rock DJ Steve Dahl took revenge on the disco craze by holding a massive disco bash - literally. Hear about the riotous event at Comiskey Park, then douse the disco inferno with this flashy blue cocktail. Read more...

• The Dusty Dodge

  Kris Holechek Peters

  July 1, 2011 1:39 PM

  Recipes , bitters , bourbon , chambord , ginger ale , lemon , san pellegrino

  On Independence Day weekend back in 1884, debauched frontier town Dodge City, KS staged the first ever American Bullfight, in an effort to keep its reputation sullied. Learn about the controversial spectacle, then get outta Dodge and into this custom cocktail. Read more...

• The Old-Fashioned Download

  Kris Holechek Peters

  June 10, 2011 1:04 PM

  Recipes , bitters , bourbon , lemon , twinkie

  100 episodes ago back in 2008, two enterprising and underutilized radio minds launched a groundbreaking new show. Their subject: dinner parties. Their mission: to win them. Read more...

• The Hattie Bo Baddy

  Kris Holechek Peters

  January 15, 2010 1:10 PM

  Recipes , bitters , caraway , honey , lemon , whiskey

  This week back in 1932, an Arkansas housewife suddenly became the first elected female Senator in U.S. history...and that was the easy part. Read more...

• The French 75

  Kris Holechek Peters

  September 19, 2008 11:43 AM

  Recipes , champagne , gin , lemon , simple syrup

  Created by French WWI fighter pilots. Read more...

• The Lolita Haze

  Kris Holechek Peters

  August 22, 2008 11:29 AM

  Recipes , genever , lemon , simple syrup

  - Inspired by scene in book in which Humbert Humbert eats a plum. Read more...

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