DC – A Hedonistic Paradise
The aroma of slowly-bubbling pork jowls, guanciale and confit tomato just hit my nose. The braise is for tonight’s dinner. Soon I’ll donate a potato and grana torte to the oven to get all craggly and crusted. I even threw a pig’s foot into the braise for good measure, and despite this, I’m just not hungry. When I told Derek Brown, SeanMike, and Marshall I was planning on doing two tasting menus in one night they looked at me as if I had resurrected Stan Jones from the grave and his corpse was mixing up tiki drinks

The Perfect Orgeat Syrup Recipe
Since I last wrote about how to make orgeat syrup my coffers have been oozing with the stuff. It was a good product, completely functional, and better than anything you could buy. But it had two faults: It was annoying as hell to make. The almond flavor just wasn’t punchy enough. The old recipe had a Thomas Kellerian complexity and a Sandra Lee taste. Ok, perhaps that’s a bit of a stretch, but when you compare it to the new recipe, it seems to harken from th

Original Kahlúa Cream Cocktails
Upcoming TDN – Clear Spirits Itching to use that bottle of Oronoco? What about a favorite gin or blanche absinthe? And you know everything is improved with a little JWray floated on top. Join us Thursday Night to mix up original libations featuring the see-through spirit of your choice. The best original potion will win a bottle of Greylock gin courtesy of CocktailKingdom.com. Curious, but haven’t stopped in yet? Swing by anytime – we’re always

Thursday Drink Night – Kahlua Coffee Cream
This week we’ll be mixing original cocktails with Kahlua’s new offering: Coffee Cream. Being a huge fan of cream-based spirits, I’m excited to work with it and wondering what will happen when people try to mix it with citrus. On top of the usual cocktail slinging in the chatroom, we’ll have a fairly big live contingent at Malo Restaurant in LA, including Marleigh from Sloshed, Chuck from