Category Archive for mint leaves

• 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 Nalo Smash

  Kris Holechek Peters

  January 28, 2011 11:25 AM

  Recipes , coconut , honey , mint leaves , nutmeg , scotch , shiso leaf

  This week back in 1993, Chad Rowan, aka Akebono, became the first foreign-born athlete to reach yokozuna - the highest rank in sumo wrestling. Read more...

• The Piltdown Daisy

  Kris Holechek Peters

  November 19, 2010 10:24 AM

  Recipes , lemon juice , lime juice , mint leaves , pisco , simple syrup

  In 1912, English fossil collector Charles Dawson claimed to have found evidence of the 'missing link' between apes and humans -- people called it "Piltdown Man". This week in 1953, news broke that the only thing "missing" from Dawson's discovery was even a single grain of truth. Read more...

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