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, he has been a guest on the Everyday Food program (Martha Stewart Living/Sirius satellite radio) and other shows, for years was the cocktail columnist for Seattle Magazine, and has contributed to culinary and entertainment magazines such as 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.
-
January 19, 2024
What I’m Drinking: The Martini with Burning Berries GinIt’s nice to start the year (or to have near the start of the year) with a Martini. Classic, delicious, somehow it seems to portend good things. Fingers crossed. This year, I was lucky enough to have my January Martini…
-
January 16, 2024
Cocktail Talk: The Prime Minister, Part IIFor our Prime Minister Cocktail Talk the second, one of the best-named characters in the book pops up: Sextus Parker, nicknamed Sexty. Not at all what you might expect from the modern usage, or near-usage, of the word or words…
-
January 9, 2024
Cocktail Talk: The Prime MinisterAnother Anthony Trollope novel I can’t believe hasn’t been featured here with a Cocktail Talk quote already (considering how many Trollope Cocktail Talks there are), The Prime Minister is one of the Palliser series of novels, which revolve in the…
