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Hot and heading for the mainstream: Fernet Branca

by webteam | July 21, 2008
Okay, so there was that one incident involving too many shots, a nauseous sprint to the porch railing, and the next-door neighbor’s car. And, yes, the stuff does taste a little like a worn baseball glove (though kind of in a good way) and smell like something...

Hot Sip: Rosé wine

by webteam | July 21, 2008
A rosé by any other name is just a lighter red. And we’re not talking about the too-sweet-$6-a-bottle white zinfandel of our underage days, but instead the higher-end (and better-tasting) rosés that have been in full bloom lately. These dry yet mildly...

Hot bowl: Punch

by webteam | July 21, 2008
We have this very vivid memory of a fast-moving girl in a training bra trying to spike the punch at our 13th birthday party. Needless to say, she cried over spilled vodka and rode home in the back of her parents’ car. Now old enough to drink the KoolAid...

Hot meat: Off-cuts of lamb

by webteam | July 21, 2008
We spend so much time in the summer trying to hide belly fat, and now restaurants are putting it right in the middle of our plates. Local chefs are going against the epicurean grain by sending typical lamb chops and racks to the backseat and moving more...

Drink easy

by webteam | July 10, 2008
We thought the punch and other fruity mixers of our college days were inventive. But apparently we had nothing on the speakeasies of the Roaring Twenties, where resourceful drinkers used syrups and obscure cordials to mask the harsh taste of their homemade...

Bourbon brigade

by Heather Bouzan | April 22, 2008
How does that old adage go? Something along the lines of: you can pick your bartender, you can pick your bourbon, but you can’t pick your — hold on a second! As it turns out, you can pick your bartender’s bourbon — or your liquor store proprietor’s. Jackson...