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July/August 2005 Issue : Drinks
Ultimate Daiquiris
It is the simplest of drinks—rum, lime juice, simple syrup, shaken with rocks and strained—and yet the Daiquiri is always being complicated....more
Posted: August 1, 2005 By Jack Bettridge
The Cachaça Samba
A cachaça lineup. Pop Quiz: cachaça is: A) The national drink of the Brazilian peasantry; B) Rum's coarse and fiery cousin; C) The main ingredient...more
Posted: June 2, 2005 By Jack Bettridge
News & Features : News & Features
The Run for the Juleps
It's the 131st running of the Kentucky Derby Saturday, and you can bet that any Bourbon man worth his salt, or his corn, rye (substitute winter wheat...more
Posted: May 6, 2005 By Jack Bettridge
May/June 2005 Issue : Good Life Guide
Great Knive
Once you have fire, you need steel. For a man, knives are the essential tools for cooking. You can collect colanders, measuring cups, mixers and...more
Posted: May 1, 2005 By Jack Bettridge
May/June 2005 Issue : Good Life Guide
Oregon Scientific Waterproof MP3
Conundrum: you like to work out to the stirring strains of Wagner's "The Valkyrie," but your favorite regimen involves swimming and you know that...more
Posted: May 1, 2005 By Jack Bettridge
Irish Whiskey
Show your pride on St. Patrick's Day this year by avoiding the oceans of green beer that flow in pubs, and instead sip the Emerald Isle's venerable...more
Posted: April 1, 2005 By Jack Bettridge
Bills Khakis
So often when the sturdy classics of the age before things were created for instant disposability—the telephone built to last a lifetime, the...more
Posted: April 1, 2005 By Jack Bettridge
Grappa on the Go
Talk about immersing yourself in your work: Sandro Bottega is in the process of touting another one of his unique presentations of his family's...more
Posted: March 31, 2005 By Jack Bettridge
Jan/Feb 2005 Issue : Good Life Guide
Custom Hatter Fedora
Back before JFK supposedly finished the fashion by going bareheaded to his inauguration, you could always tell a man by his hat. Nowhere was this...more
Posted: February 1, 2005 By Jack Bettridge
Armagnac
A couple of seasons ago Armagnac took a brief star turn on television's "The Sopranos" as the subject of an importing scheme by the restaurateur...more
Posted: February 1, 2005 By Jack Bettridge
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