Ice is an important yet often underestimated ingredient in cocktails. As I’ve mentioned previously, it is generally a tool for chilling and diluting, both key elements of Continue Reading
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This post is adapted from a presentation I gave on July 19th, 2012 at NightLife @ The California Academy of Sciences, a 21+ event held every Thursday Continue Reading
In honor of Chris Downey (commenter cybercedd), Round 1 winner of the SkepchickCON Psychic Challenge, I’ve created an original cocktail: the Downey Sour. Like any good skeptic, it’s a Continue Reading
Ever wonder why it feels like your like head is spinning, following a bout of heavy drinking? Turns out you have your inner ear to blame.
The very funny Zach Weiner published a comic today that mocks people who speak with great authority on topics they know relatively little about, and rightly so. Continue Reading
The food additive known as MSG has long been associated with “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome,” a blanket term that describes negative reactions people claim to experience after eating Continue Reading
Today is Repeal Day, an unofficial holiday that recognizes the repeal of Prohibition 78 years ago. Thinking about Prohibition raised a larger question for me that applies Continue Reading
I started cooking Christmas dinner today. I should have started sooner, but even so it will be plenty tasty come December 25th. Wait, what?