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Food + Drinks
Three Cocktail Trends Spotted at the Manhattan Cocktail Classic
Endurance junkies have Ironmans, fried Oreo connoisseurs have the Iowa State Fair, and those of us who just plain like to drink have the Manhattan Cocktail Classic (MCC) Gala, a black-tie event whose sole purpose is to sip, swill, and savor as many of the 25,000 cocktails being doled out as possible. (If Gatsby existed in modern day New York, you'd find him here.) The annual event is also where cocktail trends come alive—if people line up for it at the Cocktail Classic, it's probably coming soon to a bar near you. Here are three trends we spotted at this
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Food + Drinks
How to Prevent a Hangover: 5 Surprising Ways to Hold Your Liquor Better
Don't mix your liquors, drink whiskey before beer, have a glass of water between drinks—you know the drill. But knowing more than the conventional wisdom when it comes to potent potations can mean the difference between looking like your bar's resident heavyweight and going home early to fight a hellacious hangover. Here, five surprising science-backed ways to help you hold your liquor better.
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Food + Drinks
Move Over Kale: Why Major Chefs Are Adding Collard Greens To Their Menus
Kale has been the "it" green for the last few years, but now it has some competition. Collard greens, another leafy vegetable and a longtime Southern staple, are becoming a favorite among culinary all-stars. Hugh Acheson, owner of Five and Ten and The National in Georgia, declared collards "the new kale" during a guest-judging appearance on Top Chef. And Michael Ferraro, executive chef at Delicatessen in New York City and a former competitor on Iron Chef America, is also a fan. "Collard greens are a very classic comfort food ingredient, but they're making a comeback in a big way
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Food + Drinks
Drink Like Gatsby: 5 Modern Updates of Jazz Age Cocktails
"The cocktail table—the only place . . . where a single man could linger without looking purposeless and alone," remarks the narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald's epochal Roaring Twenties novel, The Great Gatsby. The era, perhaps the greatest in cocktail history, spawned the invention of many drinks we consider classics today. To honor director Baz Luhrmann's maximalist interpretation of the classic American novel (starring Leonardo DiCaprio), we asked five bartenders from across the country to send us modern-day upgrades of their favorite Jazz Age staples.
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Food + Drinks
6 Bourbon Myths: Busted (Just in Time for the Kentucky Derby)
The average Kentucky Derby party involves three hours of drinking mint juleps in exchange for two minutes of horse racing, giving you ample opportunity to pepper your cocktail conversation with these newly revealed facts about bourbon. The 2013 book Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey: An American Heritage disproves pretty much every previously held belief about the birth and early history of this American-born booze. Author and historian Michael R. Veach has been studying the subject for his entire professional life and finally decided to drop some knowledge on the rest of us. Now it's your turn, but remember not to be
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Food + Drinks
Vegetarian Trends: Cauliflower Power, Veggie Ash, and the 5 Must-Try Meat-Free Sandwiches
Something surprising is climbing to the top of the gourmet-food pyramid. When Michelin-starred, tastemaking chefs like Wylie Dufresne and April Bloomfield get giddy about an ingredient—especially one that isn't carved off an animal—you know something is afoot. This season, humble cauliflower is being showcased in unexpected and delicious new ways by some of the country's top culinary minds. Fried, grilled, roasted, smoked, or seared, this hearty veggie is staking a claim as the other other white meat. And for those of you who just don't like that vegetable, see our roundup of the five best non-cauliflower veggie sandwiches of
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Tech
Download This: Find the Best Sustainable Wines with the Slow Wine App
Updated just in time for Earth Day, the Slow Wine app, from the writers of Slow Wine 2013: A Year in the Life of Italy's Vineyards and Wines, is hands down the most comprehensive new mobile wine guide we've ever seen. Aside from the fact that the focus is on Italian wines only, the level of detail devoted to each winemaker is impressive, as is the app's scope—it uses your location to tell you what nearby restaurants and wine stores carry either a particular bottle or sustainable wines in general.
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Food + Drinks
Shut Up and Drink Your Salad: Cocktails Embrace Spinach, Kale, and Arugula
The West Coast style of cocktail in which bartenders muddle a cornucopia of fruits and herbs in their drinks has long been known as a "salad in a glass," but that term is taking on a whole new meaning as mixologists move to mashing leafy greens like spinach, kale, and arugula into drinks this spring.
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Food + Drinks
Pro Tools: 6 Top Chefs Dish on Their Favorite Knives
We asked six of the country's hottest executive chefs to tell us how they slice and dice the delicious meals they cook up in their famous kitchens.
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Food + Drinks
Oh, Sherry—The Surprising Drink of the Moment
Forget its image as a fireside sipper: The long-overlooked Spanish import is invigorating wine lists and even cocktail menus from coast to coast.
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