Long gone are the days of having to use the North Star and a sextant to find the nearest happy hour (other people do that, too, right?). NCJ is proud (gleeful, really) to present The Cocktail Compass, a one-click, smartphone app that points you in the booziest direction possible. Free to download, easy to use […]
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Wintery Booze
The official start of winter is days away, but the brutally low temperatures aren’t waiting for the solstice. That deep chill has set in, and fingers, toes and noses are feeling it. You can bundle up in mittens, coats, scarves or those weird half-face mask things to stave off the cold momentarily, but sometimes you […]
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Cocktail Garden Crazy Talk
This is the final installment in our Year of Cocktail Gardening. To wrap things up, I give you the craziest, most unrealistic plants you will probably never actually grow in a cocktail garden. It is only because I can’t grow them that I think about growing them so much. Read on, dream away, and let […]
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Now You’re Pushing It
For the last year, I’ve been writing about plants that you can grow in a cocktail garden and use as flavorings and garnishes in drinks. We’ve run through the basics — flowers, herbs, fruits and vegetables — and I’ve saved the best for last. Here are a few of the trickier and more obscure plants […]