Getting covid last month seems to have robbed me of enjoying most cocktails, but today I still poured a Death in the Afternoon (absinthe + champagne), the ultimate ode to decadent disillusionment. I u...
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2022 Christmas, New Year's Eve & Day Meals
A quick catch-up on holiday meals going into 2022. Happy New Year! New Year's Day: Champagne and caviar brunch. New Year's Eve: Chinese hot pot with ribeye, half shell scallops, abalone, tilapia, shri...
2020 Mardi Gras
Psst. Pssssssst. It's that time again: our most Tuesday of Tuesdays. We've ordered our king cakes from a New Orleans bakery as usual, and decked out the house. A lovely breakfast of Eggs Sardou starte...
2019 Mardi Gras
Tasty things so far today: Scallops Creole, Trout Pontchartrain with hollandaise & crab sauce (topped with sweet peppers since I forgot to buy mushrooms), Eggs Sardou, Garlic Mussles, and lovely Orlea...
Champagne December: Finding Delicious Things for Special Occasions
Week 3 of Champagne December was a sliding scale, on all fronts: of different price points of champagne, of different sweetness in my bubbly, and in first impressions.
I chased into the higher end...
Champagne December on Bad Days: If You Don’t Pour Something In This F*cking Glass
It’s Champagne December, but it’s also been a long, unforgiving day. You pinched a seriously painful nerve in your right arm fixing things too far above your head. The traffic was awful, the stores...
Brut, Demi-Sec and Other Meaningless Distinctions After 15 Days Straight of Champagne
It’s Champagne December, guys! I’m pursuing my dubious goal of filling my glass with champagne this month as easily as one would Coors Light.
This post is part Week 2 check-in, and part irreverent...
Champagne December 101: Tips, Tricks & Hacks
Committing to Champagne December took some planning. It’s Day 8, and I can boast the dubious achievement of having enjoyed champagne each night so far. While having champagne every night is not necess...
Champagne December, The First Seven Days: I’m Not Hiccuping. You’re Hiccuping.
Descend with me, into a journey of the outrageous: an entire month devoted to champagne. Welcome to Champagne December. This was my first seven days.
The Goal
While I was not required to enjoy cha...
Death in the Afternoon: Hemingway’s Ode to Absinthe & Champagne
A day off work is great opportunity to deep-dive into a decadent, beguiling champagne cocktail for Champagne December.
For our next feature this month, which we’ve dedicated to self care in the fo...