A parting salute to the swizzle stick
Alone or in company, a good swizzle stick encourages deliberateness
Food & Drink
Sunday
What to do when you only have modest wine on hand for a decorous guest
Horace knew what to do: apprise him frankly of what to expect and drop a hopeful hint
Saturday
Opening a bottle with: Olly Bartlett, Stockholm Brewing Company
I learn about the city the best way possible: over some beers
Tuesday
The Lincoln Project tries to Bud Light Dr. Pepper
The NeverTrump PAC is urging people to boycott the soda for advertising on Fox News
Friday
Opening all the bottles at Berlin’s Nobelhart & Schmutzig
Champagne, candlelight and condoms all to myself
Thursday
Lucien, the best bar in New York for writers
Establishments where writers and reporters liked to drink hold for me a privileged position
The Loire Valley is the place for bargain hunters
The Loire is home to a handful of varietals, from Melon de Bourgogne, the grape of Muscadet, to Sauvignon Blanc in Sancerre
Tuesday
Cockburn’s guide to the Bud Light boycott
Yuengling it is, guys!
Friday
McSorley’s Old Ale House resists restoration
The pub has Ireland, and the Irish experience in America, in its DNA
Wednesday
The art of Georgian toasting
In Georgia, raising a glass is an essential ritual of the supra, their ancient tradition of the feast
Sunday
How to wine and dine
Wine is only a condiment if your host has blundered in his choice
Tuesday
Is almond milk damaging the dairy industry?
Some worry milk alternatives are taking a toll. Enter the FDA
Monday
Crossing the border for margaritas at La Roca
The mere fact it is on that liminal, edgy, Mexico-American borderland adds a definite frisson
German philosophy and German wine: a sumptuous pairing
The Cusanusstift motto is ‘drink wine and do good’ — what’s not to like?
Wednesday
The beauty of the Beaumont inn
It has been said that Kentucky culture distils down to thoroughbred horses, beautiful women and bourbon whiskey
There’s a sherry for everyone
It’s an appropriate drink with which to reflect on the complexity of life
Planning world domination, fueled by Burgundy
One more bottle and we would have gotten ourselves into a land war in Asia — and you know where that leads
Saturday
A drinker’s guide to flasks
How should you use them and when?
Friday
Cockburn’s Christmas party chronicles
New York… DC… Shaker Heights, Ohio?
Tuesday
The comfort of drinking at Lucy’s
I once said when it closes, it’ll be time to leave New York. That was seventeen years ago
