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RICHARD EHRLICH'S BEVERAGE REPORT: Great shakes
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Inventing new cocktails may be an amusing challenge, but can the
classics really be bettered?
A COUPLE of months ago, while judging the London heat of "The Art
of the MARTini" cocktail competition at the Atlantic Bar and Grill in
London, I realised yet again that it's harder to invent a good
cocktail than a good dish. The best cocktails have two things in
common: balance and simplicity. The mouth-feel of the base spirit is
rounded out by tempering ingredients (fruit juice, for example)...
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RICHARD EHRLICH'S BEVERAGE REPORT: Great shakes
The Independent - London
; Inventing new cocktails may be an amusing challenge, but can the classics really be bettered? A COUPLE of months ago, while judging the London heat of "The Art of the MARTini" cocktail competition at the Atlantic Bar and Grill in London, I realised yet again that it's harder to invent a good
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BOURBON PROVIDES TASTE OF KENTUCKY'S SPIRIT
The Boston Globe
; LEXINGTON, Ky. - Before my plane had even landed here, I had a good idea of how serious Kentuckians are about their bourbon. "My mother was a bourbon taster at H&H [Heaven Hill Distilleries] for 43 years," next-seat neighbor Douglas Stoops told me, explaining that he followed in her footsteps for a
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Bourbon in mint condition: Food and drink Michael Jackson rediscovers the sensual Deep South... in a cocktail
The Independent - London
; IF YOU haven't spent the past couple of months since the Kentucky Derby sipping mint juleps, now's the time to gather a few sprigs and a bottle of bourbon and get up to speed for Independence Day next Tuesday. The very word "julep" falls from the lips with a liquid sensuality. It aroused my
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Drink: Whiskey galore It sure ain't Ohio, but down in the Rockwell saloon, they stock 91 varieties of bourbon and serve a mean mint julep too, says Richard Johnson
The Independent - London
; I first fell for bourbon - and the rebellious image of those illicit hill-country stills - as an impressionable young man. Buckinghamshire wasn't bluegrass country, but the bourbon made it easier to understand John Lee Hooker and really live "the boogie". Then I discovered scotch. I put away my old
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Cocktail Of The Week.(Features)
Birmingham Mail (England)
; A refreshing mint julep conjures up the genteel atmosphere of the deep south. INGREDIENTS Two shots bourbon Teaspoon of sugar syrup Sprigs of mint METHOD Fill a tall glass with crushed ice, add ingredients and stir.
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Drink tonight ..... it's Elvis's birthday
Evening Standard - London
; . TABERNACLE . KING'S ARMS ELVIS PRESLEY would have been 72 today and if you believe the conspiracy theorists, he's still out there celebrating. Have a drink with the king, starting with a Southern-style Mint Julep made with Makers Mark bourbon, mint and gomme - a French- style sugar syrup. 55-61
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Keep sweet summer drinks flowing
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Keep sweet summer drinks flowing By MARK BITTMAN New York Times News Service Wednesday, July 24, 2002 There are two key ingredients to great summer drinks: ice and sugar syrup. Undoubtedly, you can ...
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Juleps for the Derby? All Bets Are Off.
The Washington Post
; My mother hails from the South, and every spring, something deep in my DNA seems to stir. Or at least that's what I told myself the other afternoon when it was perfectly sunny out and I was sitting inside the Round Robin Bar at the Willard Hotel, drinking mint juleps. My mother's son is as Yankee
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KITCHENDETECTIVE: Syrup adds flavor to bland custard; Combo of eggs, egg yolks make dessert lighter
Charleston Daily Mail
; ONE of my favorite desserts is the classic Creme Caramel - the "burnt sugar" syrup, as it sometimes called in American cookery, marries nicely to the light, rather bland taste and texture of the custard. I wondered if I could combine the two in order to make "burnt sugar custard" that would be
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SAVORING SUMMER JOYS OF A REAL JULEP
The Boston Globe
; For seven years, I've had a silver mint julep cup, engraved with my initials, sitting on my desk. My South Carolina cousins gave it to me as a high school graduation present - with the suggestion that I could use it as a pencil jar at the time. I chose a recent sunny afternoon for its liberation. I
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