Recently I have been on somewhat of a brandy kick, perhaps because of all the Alfred Hitchcock movies we’ve been watching in Ran Blake‘s Film Noir class at NEC. (Hitchcock often has his characters drink brandy in his films… see The Rope, Strangers on a Train, and others). The Sidecar and the Daisy I first …
I came up with this recipe yesterday while hanging out with one of my best friends, Tim Mayer. Tim introduced me a while back to Convento, a brand of artesian grogue from Cape Verde. (Tim is a well-known recording artist in Cape Verde. In addition to knowing a lot about Cape Verdean music, he is …
I had a lesson with John today. We discussed two of the most basic elements of mixology: flavors and tools. One of the first things he showed me was how flavor (and perception thereof) changes contextually. To do this, we did three independent tastings: ron matusalem white, simple syrup, and fresh lime juice. The first …