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Author: Karin

Cowboy Cocktail
June 27, 2017 Karin

RECIPE: Cowboy Cocktail

Let’s belly up to the bar (careful not to kick over the spittoon), and order a Cowboy Cocktail . . .

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Photo by David G. Marks/LAist
June 23, 2017 Karin

ARTICLE: Rhythm Room Brings Old-School Speakeasy Charm To Downtown

Here’s a very nice article from LAist (with some cool pictures) about the rebirth of The Rhythm Room, an old downtown LA speakeasy.

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Beer and Sandwiches, 1933
June 21, 2017 Karin

Beer and Sandwiches

There is so much to love about this ad — not the least of which is the fact that the Fenway Hall Hotel has determined that a beer and sandwich shop is the perfect thematic fit to their “Streets of Paris” motif.

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Violet Cocktail
June 15, 2017 Karin

RECIPE: Violet Cocktail

Crème Yvette is the bee’s knees. The cat’s meow. The cream in my coffee. The liqueur in my cocktail.

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Creme Yvette
June 10, 2017 Karin

Crème Yvette: The crème de la crème of violet liqueur

Creme Yvette was first produced in 1890.

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Porto Rico
June 5, 2017 Karin

RECIPE: Porto Rico

This drink really is called a Porto Rico. That’s not a typo, or a quirk of the mixology lexicon.

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My Own Cocktail
May 29, 2017 Karin

RECIPE: My Own Cocktail

In the interests of clarity (and for new readers of this blog) this isn’t MY own cocktail. It’s my Great Great Uncle’s from The Mixing Master, his c. 1933 unpublished mixing guide.

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Orange Bitters
May 24, 2017 Karin

Feeling Bitter(s)?

Bitters were originally developed as “tonics” — aka patent medicines.

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Virgin's Peril
May 19, 2017 Karin

RECIPE: Virgin’s Peril

The problem with this cocktail — or the advantage of it, depending on your viewpoint — is that it’s very easy to drink.

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Hotel Hollenden Ad
May 15, 2017 Karin

Dine and Dance (but don’t drink…)

This ad is from the November 26, 1932 issue of the rather unimaginatively named “Cleveland Office Worker” magazine.

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