(Gerry Furth-Sides) Leave it to fun-loving Bavarians in Germany to solve a problem with a precise, practical party solution. Munich breweries early in the 19th century added to open-air dining and beer-drinking with “Biergartens” as a way to use planted gardens above cellars to keep their lagers cool enough to ferment und...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, cocktail photos furnished by VIVA XXX, bottle by La Fonda Hotel) Proof that Tequila(and Mexcal) are royally honored in this house are the four bottles we just received for a birthday. And this July 24 Tequila Day, VIVAXXX and La Fonda Hotel in Sante Fe, NM, add a special kick with new cocktail […]...
Ethnic-influenced classic cocktails are now joined by most contemporary versions of satisfying, thirst-quenching flavored cocktails of the coast just in time for summer at the beach or at home. BEACH COCKTAILS by Coastal Living offers a collection of the best. The book features how to perfect such favorites as Hawaiian M...
Over 30 years in the making and just being released this season, Savîle Rumtini is exotic and colorful, with rich citrus flavors and a deep dark India rum at its core. It only needs to be shaken and be poured over ice. The refreshing exotic ready-to-serve drink that boasts a blend of citrus flavors and rum was conceived [&...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) It all still begins – and ends-with the coffee bean from farm to roasting to cup at Demitasse Roastery & Kitchen, which introduces an extensive menu of globally-inspired dishes, natural wines, local beers and signature Demitasse Shims to their house-roasted small batches of ethically-source...
New rum cocktail drinks are being created by barkeeps these days as fast and furious as the molasses rum is created with is slow. Although rum is mostly associated with its wild and sometimes brutal British and European history, Puerto Rico the new cocktail names themselves are bouncy city fun and include the Lavender Tonic, [&h...
Even the word itself has salted our language from biting or “salty” dog language to the invigorating briny – or salubrious” smell on our skin after an ocean swim, “salubrious”- or “healthy” derived from the Latin for “salt.” So is “salami” (salted meat), “salary” (from wages paid to Roman soldiers...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 