Twenty Beds
From: John Kinder, MK restaurant, Chicago. This can be used as an amuse aperitif for spirited dinners. Its name refers to the Hans Christian Andersen...
G-Vinity
Created by Junior Merino,The Liquid Chef, New York City. Cocktail (9 ounce) glass, chilled 1 oz. G-Vine Gin oz. agave nectar oz. blood orange puree oz....
Beer and Food: Trend and Tradition
It's almost summertime, and the sipping should be easy. For most Americans, that means coolers packed full of icy-cold mass-market lagers made in the...
PAIRING BEER AND CHEESE
Pairing beer and cheese has been a gastronomic delight for centuries, the most common example being the ploughman's lunch. A simple dish of farmhouse...
Tea: An Ancient Beverage with a Bright Future
If coffee service is near the bottom of the typical restaurant's priority list, tea enjoys the lonely distinction of being omitted from the party entirely....
What About Water?
Whether your restaurant is brewing, steaming or pouring water into glasses, the overall quality of the finished drink will never rise above the quality...
Green in the Glass
By now, most Americans are aware of the organic movement. No longer a niche for the environmentally-conscious, mainstream organics is often synonymous...
Garden Fresh Mojitonic
Specialty of Gramercy Tavern, NYC. Yield: 1 serving.coupe glass, chilled Pour ingredients into an empty mixing glass.½ oz. St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur 3 Thai basil leaves 2 cucumber slices ...
Balsamic Strawberry Mojito
Specialty of Nacional 27, Chicago. Yield: 1 serving. Pint glass, chilled Pour ingredients into an empty mixing glass. 16 mint leaves ½ lime, quartered 3 fresh strawberries 1 Tbsp. brown sugar ...
Pear Olé
Yield: 1 serving. cocktail glass, chilled In a blender, puree all ingredients: ½ fresh Bartlett pear, peeled and cored 6 fresh cilantro leaves 1 ½ oz. fresh lime juice ...
Top Ten Red Wines Under $10
Savory Ingredients in Cocktails
Chefs, be forewarned. Your resident mixologists may well be raiding the walk-in searching for fresh ingredients to incorporate into their cocktails. High...
Give Your Place a Java Makeover
Crafting Classy Cocktails with Port
GETTING INTO PORT: Fortified wines work together with spirits to create cocktails of complexity, flavor and depth. The secret to the Manhattans enduring...
HOW YOUR WINE LIST STACKS UP
We hold no brief for Fairfield, CT-based Winemetrics, a company which aggregates data from more than 10,000 restaurant wine lists and compiles it into...
