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- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Nov 14, 2011
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Better bargain wines: The cream of the crop at $20 and under
Some of the better wines — and best bargains — tasted in recent months.
Some of the better wines — and best bargains — tasted in recent months.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 29, 2011
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Spring awakening: Gin cocktails to put the 'spring' in your step
Now before you say you don’t drink gin “because it makes me act crazy,” or you, “can’t stand the taste,” let me just say that’s nuts. Here are some recipes I think will change your mind about gin.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Feb 22, 2011
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Affordable Italian bubbly for any celebration (even if you're just celebrating a Tuesday)
Italian bubblies can be just as delightful and complex as most Champagnes, which are made from a postage stamp size region in France, and they often cost less than a third as much.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jan 14, 2011
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Gratuitously yours: Tips on tipping and how to score a table at a hot new spot
Less talked about, but equally important, are knowing how to score a table and why not to be a cheapskate tipper.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 31, 2010
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The hangover: Tips for recuperating the morning after
Hangover tips and tricks. A survey of Tampa Bay and Sarasota area bartenders and other booze-industry professionals revealed therapies of a more, um, eclectic sort.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 31, 2010
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Green your New Year's Eve festivities
Start the new year the eco-friendly way by greening your New Year's Eve bash. Take a look at these easy tips, some of which are inexpensive and even free.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 31, 2010
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Green your New Year's Eve festivities
Start the new year the eco-friendly way by greening your New Year's Eve bash. Take a look at these easy tips to do so, some of which are inexpensive and even free.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 24, 2010
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Review of Ludacris' Conjure cognac, plus cocktail recipes
It’s good hooch, with a fair amount of spice and hints of apples, though a little sweet for drinking straight, I think. And at around $34 a bottle, it’s far less expensive than most cognacs. Oh, and when you look closely at the bottle, you’ll see those designs are really tiny images of naked women.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 22, 2010
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Holiday gifts for cocktail geeks
Next to a nice bottle of hooch, few things do more to raise the spirits of a cocktail geek quite like nifty tools and recipe books.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 20, 2010
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A blast from the past in a bottle: Ruffino Riserva Ducale Chianti Classico
Earthy, meaty, yet regal, this bottle of 2006 Ruffino Riserva Ducale Chianti Classico is a lot like the royal clans who ruled and clashed over Renaissance Tuscany. It also tastes to me of all the craziness of being young and stupid and fancy free in a beautiful foreign land.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Nov 24, 2010
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CL Holiday Auction Item #61: Be a Celebrity Bartender at 717 South
Includes dinner for two to start off the evening ($75) before you get behind the bar and a signed copy of local author Paul Abercrombie's Organic, Shaken and Stirred.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Nov 19, 2010
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Apples to Applejack: Libations that pair nicely with the nippier autumn weather
Applejack is a very versatile cocktail ingredient. It swaps out easily with most any drinks calling for bourbon or rye, and it plays nice with other spirits, juices and spices – especially maple syrup, cinnamon and the tangy pomegranate taste of grenadine.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Nov 12, 2010
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Stellar juice: Wine world wallflower Foppiano Vineyards starts turning heads
Dark as ink, the 2008 Estate Bottled Petite Syrah is a berry-palooza, with some nifty spiciness.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Oct 26, 2010
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Frightfully good cocktails: Devil's night drinks that are more of a treat than tricks
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Oct 5, 2010
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Limoncello: The newest victim of marauding mixologists (recipe)
We Americans are mixing with limoncello our way, much to the dismay of the Italian purists.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Sep 28, 2010
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The beer cocktail: A case study (plus recipes)
Suds as cocktail ingredients have come a long way.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Sep 7, 2010
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Egg white cocktails that go over easy (recipes)
And while you definitely don’t want to eat anything with salmonella in it, I’m hoping you won’t chicken out from trying cocktails made with them. They’re not only safe -- they’re delicious.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Aug 20, 2010
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Giving the daiquiri its due: There's nothing girlie about this classic cocktail
Often incorrectly made (real ones don’t come from Slurpee machines), the Daiquiri has been dismissed as a "girlie drink". Tell that to JFK and Ernest Hemingway.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Aug 18, 2010
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Sequoia Grove: Aiming to raise Napa Valley to the ranks of the world's great Cab producers
To this end, Trujillo says he’s not only putting “the cream” of the reserve grapes into the Napa Valley wines, but is stepping up his wine making game as he aims to raise Napa Valley to the ranks of truly great Cabernets from California and around the globe.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jul 30, 2010
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The Negroni: A classic (and classy) Italian cocktail that's not just for the older folks
