Happy Repeal Day everyone! On this day, 79 years ago, the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution was repealed when the 21st Amendment became effective. This ended national Prohibition. In many ways, the damage done to mixology and producers is only now being rectified as “lost” products are recreated and cocktails returned to a [...]
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MxMO returns again, and sometimes that seems to be the only thing that gets me to lose enough sleep to post a new blog. This month was all about the garnish, Garnish Grandiloquence, on the drink and under the purview of Joseph from Measure & Stir. I realized my paring knife was not sufficiently sharpened [...]
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Hillcrest Artisan Meats is great. This is one of a plethora of blog posts I have started over the past few months and not gotten around to finishing or publishing! I’ll try to catch up before the end of the year. If you live in Little Rock and have not been to Hillcrest Artisan Meats, [...]
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October has been an unusually hectic month for me! Sorry for the slow down in posting. My side job is as an adjunct professor and papers had to be graded this month. Four sets of friends got engaged and attending the wedding festivities was important. I’m also engaged and my fiancé and I have to keep planning our [...]
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I had a tooth extracted recently. This left me on a restricted diet for several days. The first day, I was restricted to only cold foods like ice cream, jelly, and yogurt. I got sick of ice cream pretty quickly after I slept off the anesthetic. I started work on dinner. I took a cue [...]
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Second 2012 Presidential Debate The outlook tonight is short once we get to the debate. The humble blogger is recovering from oral surgery this morning. The same basic themes from the first debate carry through to this debate. To both debaters’ credit, they eschewed the standard color iconography this debate and switched – Gov. Romney in blue and [...]
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It is time once again for Mixology Monday. Long story? Read the previous MxMO post. Short story – once a month, the cocktail blogosphere has a cocktail party with a theme determined by the host. This month’s theme is “(It’s Not Easy) Bein’ Green.” Every drink must feature, prominently, a green ingredient. I am sure [...]
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In the lead up the Vice-Presidential Nominee debate this evening, I once again turn to political neck wear. This is my pre-game of what I expect or what I think ought to be done for both candidates with respect to neck wear, and why. I will update the post later with the actual knots from [...]
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During the primary season, I would grade the neck wear of all the prospective Republican nominees during each debate. Tonight, I will continue that tradition with the Presidential Debate. The grading for Pres. Obama and Gov. Romney tonight will be based on color choice and pattern, the size and proportion of the knot compared to [...]
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Jamon Iberico de bellota is, arguably, the most expensive ham in the world and constantly mentioned as one of the best hams in the world. We are talking about a cured ham from Spain made from Black Iberian pigs raised in the area near the Spain/Portugal border It is similar to Italy’s prosciutto. The pigs involved [...]
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