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Waiting for the Nog

by Chef Zuz on December 4, 2021 in Sunday Specials Cocktails, Thirst Quenchers

If you took my advice six weeks ago and whipped up a batch of Alton Brown’s Aged Eggnog, then congratulations: You’re more than halfway there. Ten weeks is a long… [Continue Reading]

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Tequila: truth and reconciliation

by Chef Zuz on November 20, 2021November 20, 2021

A lot of people, it seems, have been bitten by tequila. And it’s rarely just a minor flesh wound. My own bad tequila experience is probably much like yours: I… [Continue Reading]

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Ginger: A triumphant triumvirate

by Chef Zuz on November 6, 2021

Declaration: Except for citrus, there’s no better ingredient to combine with booze in a cocktail than ginger. I recognize that taste is subjective, so that manifesto might apply only to me…. [Continue Reading]

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Stitch in the Ditch: An “original” cocktail

by Chef Zuz on October 30, 2021

Friends, I present to you: the Stitch in the Ditch. The name came first. The recipe later. The story of the name is pretty straightforward. When she wasn’t cooking or… [Continue Reading]

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An aged Nog for the ages

by Chef Zuz on October 13, 2021October 16, 2021

First frost usually arrives in the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon sometime around mid-October. This year it came just a bit early: Our backyard weather station registered 28 degrees on… [Continue Reading]

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Seedy drink, thorny problem

by Chef Zuz on October 1, 2021October 14, 2021

The best way to tell a good bar from a bad one, without taking a sip? Look for the juicer. Seriously, I think the willingness of a drinking establishment to… [Continue Reading]

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I’ll take Manhattan. So should you.

by Chef Zuz on September 24, 2021

Much has been written about the Martini. But there’s much more to be said about the Manhattan. It takes a lot for a gin lover like me to make such… [Continue Reading]

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Sunday Specials—by the book

by Chef Zuz on September 16, 2021

A brilliant writer friend of mine, a man I’ve spent most of my adult life trying to emulate in almost every way, was once asked how his latest book was… [Continue Reading]

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Give yourself a Bronx cheer

by Chef Zuz on September 9, 2021

Every great cocktail has a great origin story. And that story is probably bullshit. So declares no less an authority than Robert Simonson, New York Times cocktail writer (ah, what… [Continue Reading]

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Sangria for a summer’s day

by Chef Zuz on August 26, 2021

On a warm and humid afternoon in May 1991, I sat with Chef Sin and my sister Heather at an outdoor cafe in the shadow of the magnificent Cathedral of… [Continue Reading]

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