Rowley's Whiskey Forge

George Winter’s short book How to Mix Drinks: Bar Keepers’ Handbook was published in New York around 1884. It leans heavily on the work of ...

Just a handful of our tomato glut After an early but slow start to our tomato season back in May, the plants are in full production mo...

In 1929, as the failures of Prohibition had become manifest even to the most ardently braying temperance hounds, the prolific American autho...

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. ~ Cole Porter A casual look around the Whiskey Forge reveals that...

Derby season is nearly on us and, as every year, readers will be subjected to odes and plaudits for that Kentucky stalwart, the mint julep. ...

A secondhand story came to me from a friend of Louis Szathmary, the great cookbook and culinary ephemera collector. Szathmary, owner of over...

Detail of Salsa de Venas by Michel Zabé Common directions for cooking with chiles — from simple roasted bell peppers to the hundreds of ...

Click to enlarge Keeping an extensive culinary library in the house means that even when the power dies , I can still work on food and dr...

As a freelancer, it's important for me to wrest as much value from the things around me as possible. In that vein, I keep a number of ...

Now that I've plundered the place and plucked what I've wanted for my own shelves, it's safe to tell you about a San Diego cookb...

Treat this one with the respect it deserves, gentlemen. ~ Charles H. Baker, Jr. Charles H. Baker, Jr. — bear with me, drinks people; I know...

I am, sad to say, fascinated with fez monkeys. Have been for decades. You know what I'm talking about. You've seen them. Chimps, spi...

[I intended to call this post Julia Child, Dorie Greenspan, and the Coke Fiend in my Bed , but then decided it would be disrespectful to Ms...

I am inordinately fond of port wine. Tawny, ruby, vintage, late bottled vintage, Portuguese, Australian, even those of my own state, Califor...

Keep a shotgun under the bar if you like, but a hundred-year-old cocktail guide has no place next to it. Bars and kitchens—right where they’...

In 1945, the American author William S. Burroughs may have had a dish named after him by the French chef who claimed to have created Crêpes ...

As a meal familiar to bartenders around the world, Maryland Senator Millard Tydings (1890-1961, pictured left) offered his recipe for a Kent...

With San Diego temperatures plummeting to the mid-60’s, I can’t help but recall our decade in Philadelphia where—to make it through the hars...

Among bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts who make their own bitters, some recipes stand out for their uncommon ingredients—cocoa, chipotles...