Never a drink
that made him blink
A.J. Rathbun is a freelance food and entertaining writer and poet and the author of Ginger Bliss and Violet Fizz, Good Spirits (winner of an IACP Cookbook award), Dark Spirits, Wine Cocktails, Luscious Liqueurs, and more yet. Additionally, the man is the host of the Cocktail to Cocktail Hour, a guest on the Everyday Food program (Martha Stewart Living/Sirius satellite radio) and other shows, and a contributor to culinary and entertainment magazines such as Seattle Magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, The Food Network Magazine, Real Simple, Eating Well,and Wine Enthusiast, and… more yet. But you can read more about all of that right here.
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February 25, 2020
Cocktail Talk: The Farewell MurderWell, as I said recently (as I’m sure you recall), I’ve been reading a book every pulp, detective, mystery, American literature lover should read, The Giant Collection of the Continental Op. By dashing (okay, I’m not the first to say…
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February 21, 2020
What I’m Drinking: Vermouth and Tonic with Anonima Distillazioni Ippocrasso VermouthI recently had a wonderfully wonderful (if I can say so in all humbleness, which I think I just did) drink on the old Spiked Punch called Boldness Be My Friend, which featured not one, not two, but three lesser-known…
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February 18, 2020
Cocktail Talk: The Golden HorseshoeWe’ve had a small handful of delectable Dashiell Hammett Cocktail Talks here on the Spiked Punch, but probably not near as many as he deserves, being one of the undeniable pulp greats and all that. Perhaps he’s so in the…
