I was only able to participate in Saturday’s Manhattan Cocktail Classic events, but am very glad to hear that MCC will be making a full-week run in spring 2010. EE and I attended the Employees Only “Tales From Behind the Bar” seminar.  It was spectacular.  Jason and Dushan told the entire EO tale, which they [...]

Introducing Random Drink. Conceptually, I began Tessin Rinpoche as nothing more than a repository for drink recipes that I concoct.  Such a repository is necessary because I don’t believe in making “drinks every bartender should know” nearly as much as I belive in creating a drink to fit the moment.  In the original spirit then, [...]

I love gin & tonics.  They’re classic; they’re refreshing; but they are not a fall or winter drink.  Writing about gin & tonic as the northern states slide into the crisp weather of fall is contradictory to my belief that drinks should fit with time and place.  Yet there are incredibly compelling reasons to take [...]