While I’m spouting off about drinks made with good sloe gin, I should bring up the Charlie Chaplin. This recipe comes from Old Waldorf Bar Days by Albert Stevens Crockett, first published in 1931. Crockett indicates this is an original drink from the Waldorf, “named in [Chaplin’s] honor when he began to make the screen… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: April 2009
30/30, #3: Savoy Tango
Way back during the dark ages of mixology, when decent sloe gin was as hard to find in the U.S. as gas under $3 — and here we’re talking about a year or so ago — this drink never would have caught my attention. Hell, even after Plymouth started distributing its sloe gin, I breezed… Continue Reading
30/30, #2: Penicilina (or something like that)
Last week, I was hurting. Over the weekend, a stomach bug knocked out both me and the missus, and I spent the better part of two days flat on my back, trying to sleep so I wouldn’t feel like barfing. Tuesday was a lot better, though, and by Wednesday I was trying to get my… Continue Reading
30/30, #1: White Lily
We’ve come across them before: the Blood & Sand, the Last Word, the Cameron’s Kick — drinks that look like a train wreck on paper, but in the glass, have a lot more character than you’d think. The White Lily isn’t quite in the same class as these three cocktails, but for something that looks… Continue Reading
Thirty in 30: Like starting over
It happens to all blogs, or at least most: the fresh-out-of-the-gate frenzy, the building of a voice and readership, the finding direction and redirection, the plateau, the falloff, and the long periods of silence. And then, usually, death — or at least, whatever the online equivalent of disappearing into the Amazon jungle is; either way,… Continue Reading
