An Ode to the Manhattan (and My Mom)

Is there a more perfect cocktail than the Manhattan? If my mom were alive, she would be 70 today. She was a lifelong Manhattan drinker, consuming one every evening. There was no measuring or straining. You threw about 2 parts of cheap American whiskey and 1 part of...

The Cel-Ray Collins

The Cel-Ray Collins 2 oz Gin (I used Cold River Traditional) 1/2 Lime cut into wedges 2 teaspoons Turbinado Sugar 2 dashes Fee Brothers Celery Bitters 4 oz Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray Celery Soda Muddle the lime wedges, bitters and sugar in a cocktail shaker. Add ice...

Perception and Presentation

How things are presented affect how they are perceived. Take something like offal. Pretty delicious but there are a lot of skeptics. Why? Because it’s animal organs, and that’s weird. We can all agree that honey is wonderful, but at the end of the day...

Souvenirs

Some people bring home trinkets and T-Shirts. We bring home food. Here’s what we made room in the van for. 4 pounds of Geechie Boy Grits (2 white, 2 yellow) 4 pounds of Carolina Gold Rice 24 bottles of Blenheim Gingerale (75% of them hot) a case of Cheerwine 3...