Why U No Drunk Now?
I ask myself that question pretty much at the end of every day. If you're of Asian, you know exactly why u no drunk now. You get ARFed and it sucks. Well, turns out the same gene that makes you a math genius also makes you red faced and sickly drunk....
Leint: –verb To urinate in an alcoholic beverage to increase its strength (18th century term)
image by Tod Seelie
On this fine Memorial Day, we find ourselves in New Orleans, the birthplace, some say, of the cocktail. According to one popular story, a certain Monsieur Antoine Peychaud held an apothecary in the French Quarter in the...
Jello Shots
As I was enjoying my Sunday afternoon in the park, a lovely vendor came over to offer just about the perfect thing on a hot summer day: jello shots. And I’m not talking about the electric blue concoction served between two sorority sister boobs....
A Bloody War
As long as good people have been waiting too long in the brunch line, restaurants have been serving up Blood Mary’s. Everyone has a perfect recipe, and some even dare to use a mix (so déclassé) but this last-night’s-regret-be-gone potion has...
Angelinos eat secretly
I don’t know what you do on Sundays in LA (walk the red carpet?), but I went to a secret dinner at Public Fiction in the Highland Park neighborhood. The spacious gallery sits in a storefront on a tilted hill.
Opening its doors and kitchen...
Drink up, baby!
Good news, ladies. A glass to unwind here and there during your pregnancy may be a-ok, after all! What French women have known for years, scientists in the UK are finally confirming: moderate drinking -- one or two drinks per week -- will not...