Gin & Tonic’s Time to Shine

Ready for a gin and tonic revolution? Well. Maybe revolution is a bit overboard. But it's time for a movement of some kind to elevate the glories of the beloved G & T. A campaign maybe? Sure would beat the other brand of campaign we're being pounded with these days. [...]

2020-01-24T00:39:57+00:00May 5th, 2016|Cocktails, Food and Drink, Spirits|

Farmers Market Martini

You'd have to look really closely (and, likely, hold it against a white background) to notice, but this martini I just made has a very subtle pink hue. Which is solidly out of character for me. Usually once a glass holds more than just gin and a dainty splash of [...]

2020-02-05T23:04:29+00:00June 9th, 2015|Cocktails, Farming and Farmers Markets|

Lots and Lots of Gin

What a terrible state of affairs: a gin backlog! To clarify, it's a backlog of reflections on gin rather than bottles of the stuff itself. I wish the latter were true too. I've been a fan of gin for a good while now and went through a peak gin phase [...]

2014-05-15T20:29:34+00:00May 15th, 2014|Spirits|

Homemade Gin — an experiment

And no, to answer your first question: a bathtub was not involved. Having written and spoken as much as I have about gin over the years, it seems somewhat sacrilegious to suggest that I "made" gin. I've been to too many distilleries, sampled too many quality gins, and studied too much the art and [...]

2015-05-19T21:39:08+00:00December 31st, 2008|Spirits|

Gin Dandy

One of the best monikers that's ever been given to me is that of "gin connoisseur." I wrote a review of a really engaging, informative little book called The Joy of Drinking by Barbara Holland, which appears in the current spring issue of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture. My friend and [...]

2016-05-04T14:26:35+00:00June 4th, 2008|Food and Drink, Media, Spirits|
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