Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Subscribe
  • Eat
  • Drink
  • Films
  • Search

Category Archives: Drinks: Cocktails and Other Alcoholic

Shaken & Stirred: Bib EX MACHINA

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Kenn Fong
Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) and Nathan (Oscar Isaac) in Ex Machina. Credit: Universal Studios.

Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) and Nathan (Oscar Isaac) in Ex Machina. Credit: Universal Studios.

by Michael Cecconi

How badly do you want a drink? If it is just to get drunk then grab a fifth of vodka on your way home and knock yourself out. Continue reading →

Leave a comment

Eat My Shorts: A New Film and a Recipe from Foreign Cinema

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Kenn Fong

When a restaurant named Foreign Cinema opened on Mission Street in San Francisco in 1999, a lot of people were curious, but many were uncertain it could survive on a block with many vacant buildings, including the adjacent and long-closed New Mission Theatre. Continue reading →

Leave a comment

The Truth About Warm Sake, and Kamoizumi ‘Shusen’ Junmai Ginjo from SAKE CONFIDENTIAL by John Gauntner

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Kenn Fong

SakeConfidentialCoverThe “hot versus cold” dichotomy may be one of sake’s biggest distractions. Continue reading →

Leave a comment

Pizza Negroni, Stiletta, Parson’s Negroni Slushy, and Negroni Popsicles from THE NEGRONI by Gary Regan

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Kenn Fong

NegroniCoverThe Negroni is one of the simplest and most elegant drink formulas around: combine one part gin, one part sweet vermouth, and one part Campari, then stir and serve over ice.

Continue reading →

Leave a comment

Gimlet and Chartreuse Swizzle from THE COCKTAIL CHRONICLES by Paul Clarke

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Kenn Fong

Not every revolution requires an insurrection, and not every renaissance begins in salons, galleries or cloistered chambers. Continue reading →

Leave a comment

His & Hers Beer Notes: Coffee Brown (Saint Archer)

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Kenn Fong

by Daniel Barnes and Darcey Self-Barnes

6% ABV

Purchased at Taylor’s Market ($4.99/22 oz. bottle) and poured into pint glasses. Continue reading →

Leave a comment

Down the Hatch: The Toronto and the Vancouver

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Kenn Fong

by Vince Keenan

We’re all facing the same problem right now: planning our Canada Day cocktail menus for July 1. The most popular drink among our neighbors to the north is the Caesar. Continue reading →

Leave a comment

Shaken & Stirred: A Drink Called Smoke & Flowers & a Movie Called FURY ROAD

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Kenn Fong

by Michael Cecconi

  • Women rule.
  • Practical effects are cool.
  • 3-D movies drool.

Continue reading →

Leave a comment

His & Hers Beer Notes: Lectio Divina (Saint Somewhere Brewing Company)

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Kenn Fong

by Daniel and Darcey Self-Barnes

10% ABV
Purchased through Rare Beer Club and poured into tulip glasses. Continue reading →

Leave a comment

Down the Hatch: “American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition,” the Turf, and the Scofflaw

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Kenn Fong

by Vince Keenan

“Prohibition? They tried that in the movies and it didn’t work.”

—Homer Simpson Continue reading →

Leave a comment

Shaken & Stirred: Strawberry Margarita, the Red and the Black, Spring’s Arrow—and PREDESTINATION

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Kenn Fong

by Michael Cecconi

Here there be spoilers.

If we start talking about time travel—jotting little notes on cocktail napkins and trying to visualize what must be a clusterfuck of a temporal highway interchange—then we’ll never get anything done. Continue reading →

Leave a comment

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →
Powered by WordPress.com.
safecss / Proudly powered by WordPress Theme: Visual.

Loading Comments...