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Open Thread

Poll: What are Your Favorite Summer Drinks?

Friends, it is hella warm here in the Northern Hemisphere, and I want to have a refreshing boozy drink. What are your favorites? Non-boozy suggestions welcome also, should that be the way you roll.

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Food

P-Mag’s Ultimate Cocktails: Gi³

I travel a lot for my work and I get car sick, so ginger (and after a long meeting, sometimes booze) is a dear dear friend.

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Open Thread

This Open Thread Is Comparing Drinks

Beer makes me sad.

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Lunchtime Poll

Lunchtime Poll: It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere

Hey, way to start  Monday!

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Open Thread

This Weekend Open Thread Could Use a Drink

Toss back a few with me, will you?

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Veg*

Food for the Cold Season

I am writing to you from 30,000 feet, give or take a mile. Soaring high above the rugged western United States with its snow covered peaks and mesas and roads that, at dawn, resemble rivers of molten lava which would not be out of place on Mount Doom, is nothing short of inspirational. Unfortunately, unless […]

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Food

Drink Up: A Great Pair of Melons!

Two melon drinks that are sweet but not too sweet, fun, but not obnoxious. The morning show team of cocktails, you could say.

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Food Uncategorized

Drink up, Y’all: The Julia Sugarbaker

Iron the linen napkins, get out the crystal, then check the local ordinances pertaining to public nudity. This sweet southern belle is hiding some serious whoopass beneath her peachy exterior.

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Food

Beat the Heat with Rhubarb Lime “Ice Pops”

My aunt had so much rhubarb in her garden this year that she almost didn’t know what to do with it all. Fortunately for me, one of the things she decided to do was give me a whole bunch of it, all cut up, frozen, and ready to use. It’s been sitting in my freezer […]

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Veg*

Letting the Food (and Drinks) Do the Talking for Vegan Politics

While in college, I was a big fan of more traditional outreach such as movie screenings and leafleting with pamphlets, but since leaving the college campus environment, I’ve been drawn to sharing veganism through other means. For the twenty-something set I hang with these days, my vegan friends and I have found different ways to […]

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Food

Holiday Hosting – The Basics

I thought I’d write a few posts over the next week or two about hosting and attending holiday parties. This time of year, people’s calendars (and stomachs) fill up with one party after another. (I personally tend to lose track of dates and locations, and during the month of December I wish more than ever […]

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Food

Warm Winter Drinks

The best thing about warm winter cocktails are that they are double warming: first the temperature warms you up, and then the hint of booze kicks in. Now that your friends and family are gathering for the next month plus for the holidays, why not learn how to make some warm drinks perfect for curling […]