Cocktail Quest

Bitter used to be my middle name. An order of brown, bitter, and stirred would have me rapt, watching the bartender like a hawk. Mere mentio...

Before the leaves even start to turn here in Washington it seems that grocery stores are simply overflowing with apples. This is hardly surp...

As the first rains of the season created a staccato on my windows and the pavement outside, I knew that fall had officially arrived. Though ...

Lately, my thoughts have been lingering on the idea of bittersweet. Essentially composed of two opposing adjectives mashed together, its ori...

The world of cocktails is full of origin stories. The older and more well known a drink is, the more fascination surrounds its beginnings. U...

Recently, Tracy and I were on vacation in NYC and we went to Death and Company. It was a night to remember, and one of the fabulous cocktail...

I first saw our next drink, the Chardon , in a write up on the Class of 2010 Bar Stars in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 16. The articl...