We had another fun visit to Madeleine Brand's public radio show. Our latest topic: holiday parties. Most of my key lessons about the topic are drawn from Die Hard. Happy holidays and yippee-ki-yay. /mark
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Inspired by our recent show with Rachel Maddow, we experiment with homemade alcoholic energy drinks, as well as novel ways to consume them. You may not want to try this at home, but you'll sure want to watch us try it.
Some Brooklyn beekeepers had no idea why their bees were turning red and producing scarlet-colored honey. Turns out they were apparently buzzing off to drink the runoff of a maraschino cherry factory, and that red dye is powerful stuff. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow used this as another exhibit in her case against eating the garnish in cocktails, which you heard in
A favorite cocktail of mine is the formidable Negroni. You'll see it created with a most unorthodox method in our next Slate video, coming soon. My preferred recipe is after the jump. Campari gives the drink most of its signature color and bitterness, but if you look at the label of the current Campari bottle, it makes no mention of the
I've had a British Christmas pudding sitting on top of my refrigerator for more than a year. The packaging promises it's sturdy enough to eat until September 2012, which means this year is the last chance to eat it in season. So a few of us decided jump the gun and set it alight during the
We've gotten several interesting reactions to our pumpkin episode, including one from Jill in Nashville, who needs your help figuring out what to mix with pumpkin spice moonshine: I'm relatively new to cocktail making and I was hoping you could give me ideas for mixers. I've had suggestion of fresh juice like apple or orange, but I'm not sure what to