Liquid

March 2008 - Posts

Bottle shock: Pearls of grape price

by Thor Iverson | March 25, 2008

WHEN PEOPLE find out I’m a wine guy, the questions usually follow. “What’s a good wine with steak?” “What’s the best wine you’ve ever had?” “No, seriously, what’s your real name?” And a more vexing one: “Is expensive wine actually worth it?” I have trouble... Read More »

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Twist: Liquid prescriptions

by Heather Bouzan | March 25, 2008

OUR FAVORITE bartenders tend to double as psychologists and pharmacists. So we bellied up to the bar at the Franklin Café (278 Shawmut Avenue, Boston, 617.350.0010) and asked bartender Nancy Theodore which libations she’d prescribe to soothe some common... Read More »

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Sour mix: Sweet and tart are a marriage made in cocktail heaven

by Sara Faith Alterman | March 24, 2008

PUCKER UP, sweetheart. Actually, make that pucker up, sweettart — because one sip of the fruity, tangy cocktails that are popping up on your favorite drink lists and your lips will purse into a happy pout. As kids, we adored Sour Patch Kids and Smarties... Read More »

Filed under: Liquid, Restaurants, Venue:Charlesmark Lounge, Venue:Achilles Project, Feed, Venue:Persephone, Venue:Redbones, Venue:MKT

Primavera Verde: Sauvignons put a spring in your sip

by Thor Iverson | March 10, 2008

IT'S NOT easy being green." So sang a triangle-mouthed frog puppet, once. Of course, at the time he had a hand jammed up his ... well, anyway, I'm not sure his plight applies to us. Still, mention "green" in the context of wine... Read More »

Filed under: Wine, Life, Liquid, Night, Restaurants

Going Green: You don’t have to drink colored beer to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

by Sara Faith Alterman | March 10, 2008

TOP O' the morning to you! Or, top o' the evening. Or, top o' the aftern - all right, you know what? You get the point. St. Patrick's Day is upon us, and if you're like every other person who lives in Greater Boston, you're probably... Read More »

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Twist: That's the spirit

by Heather Bouzan | March 10, 2008

A.J. RATHBUN, we'd kill to buy you a drink. Your book, Good Spirits: Recipes, Revelations, Refreshments, and Romance, Shaken and Served with a Twist (Harvard Common Press, 2007; $29.95), is some of the most exhaustive cocktail reading we've done... Read More »

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