Featured Drinks
Worth their salt
Monday, May 1, 2006
Five margaritas that will bring a sonrisa to your FISONOMIA Read story.
Red, white and head to head
Friday, April 28, 2006
What cuts through the heft of homey dishes, is wonderfully refreshing as the weather warms up and would match the intensity of spicy boiled crawfish? Read story.
Strange Brew
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Abita Strawberry Harvest Lager might sound like something dreamed up by lab scientists or Willy Wonka, but the blend of berries and brew stormed stores and bars in April to the delight of beer aficionados and ale amateurs. Read story.
Guinness when you’re tired
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008
I spent an entire year in Dublin one weekend in the summer of 2001. Read story.
From Russia with love
Friday, Dec. 28, 2007
Look for Stiletto vodka this month, the super-premium spirit imported by a new Louisiana woman-owned company. Read story.
Hungarian rhapsody
Friday, Sept. 28, 2007
Baton Rouge OB-GYN Edward Schwartzenburg and his brothers—also physicians—fell in love with Hungarian wines after Edward and his wife Cynthia, of Hungarian descent, began traveling the country extensively. Read story.
Seven cocktails to savor
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Baton Rouge is the city of restaurants. Read story.
A rare one for the cellar
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Recently, exactly three bottles of Henschke Hill of Grace 2001 Shiraz were shipped to Louisiana restaurants: Juban’s, Emeril’s and Brennan’s in New Orleans. Read story.
A Long, cool drink
Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006
At the height of Huey P. Long’s reign, bartenders across New Orleans were shaking out the Kingfish’s favorite cocktail—a creamy, frothy, fizzy concoction called the Ramos’ gin fizz, named after the New Orleans saloon keeper who came up with it. Read story.
Chillin’ at Churchill’s
Friday, June 30, 2006
A very famous wine maker recently told me, “There is nothing wrong with dropping a few ice cubes into a glass of wine, red or white.” Read story.
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