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  1. Trick or Treat my little friends

    Here in New Orleans Hal­loween gives boys and girls the chance to dress like girls and boys… And witches, dev­ils, naughty school girls and the like. Let’s not for­get the occa­sional polit­i­cal char­ac­ter. In cos­tume of course. What other city offers tours of cemeteries?

    Posted by Lu Brow on October 23rd, 2011 | 1 Comment

  2. Spice of Love Sangria

    1 cup straw­ber­ries, sliced well 1 cup apple juice 1/3 cup Triple Sec 1/2 cup sugar (or 1/4 cup) 2 whole cloves 1–2 seed­less blood oranges, each cut into 16 wedges 1 bot­tle fruity red wine 2 (3 inch) cin­na­mon sticks 1 lemon, cut into 8 wedges Com­bine all ingre­di­ents in a large pitcher (suspend […]

    Posted by on January 13th, 2011 | 1 Comment

  3. Dale DeGroff’s Whiskey Smash

    2 slices lemon 6–8 mint leaves ½ ounce orange cura­cao 1/2 ounce sim­ple syrup 2 ounces Maker’s Mark Mud­dle lemon, mint, orange cura­cao and sim­ple syrup in a cock­tail shaker.  Add Maker’s Mark and ice and shake well.  Strain into a rocks glass.  Fill with crushed ice and gar­nish with a big piece of mint. — […]

    Posted by on July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

  4. Marlene Dietrich

    2 slices orange 1 slice lemon 2 ounces Wood­ford Reserve whiskey ½ ounce orange cura­cao 3 dashes Angos­tura bit­ters ½ oz sim­ple syrup Pour ingre­di­ents into a cock­tail shaker and mud­dle. Be care­ful not to over­mud­dle.  Strain over ice in a rocks glass and gar­nish with 1 slice each of lemon and orange.

    Posted by on July 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment

  5. New Summer Bar Menu at the Swizzle Stick!

    Wel­come to a lit­tle bar in the Land of Cock­tails. The Swiz­zle Stick Bar takes their cock­tails seri­ously, “we think life is meant to be lived not endured.”  Bar Chef Lu Brow, firmly estab­lished at the fore­front of push­ing the New Orleans cock­tail scene of recent years to a new level, intro­duces her next summer […]

    Posted by on July 8th, 2009 | 4 Comments

  6. Greetings From Peepster, er… Easter Island

    Let’s cut to the chase.  Easter is the best hol­i­day ever and here’s why:  It’s all about the  choco­late eggs, marsh­mal­low bun­nies and warmer weather.  Unlike Christ­mas, there is noth­ing even remotely stress­ful about Easter

    Posted by on April 10th, 2009 | 3 Comments

  7. Melancholy Baby

    A drink cre­ated at the Rain­bow Room for a lady who had just ended a love affair… 1 1/2 ounces Abso­lut Cit­ron 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice 2 ounces sim­ple syrup 1/2 cup chopped can­taloupe (or sim­i­lar) 3 ounces water Flamed lemon peel for garnish

    Posted by on November 11th, 2008 | No Comments

  8. Smashing Cocktail

    Ti steps behind the bar with King Cock­tail, Dale DeGroff, for a sig­na­ture drink and a song…

    Posted by on November 11th, 2008 | 9 Comments

  9. THE Essential Bartender, Dale DeGroff

    How for­tu­nate are we that Dale DeGroff chose bar­tend­ing as his career. We all have Dale to thank for bring­ing back fresh juices and mix­ers to this country.

    Posted by Lu Brow on November 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment

  10. Whiskey Peach Smash

    4 small peach quar­ters 3 mint leaves 3 lemon pieces 1 ounce water 1/2 ounce sim­ple syrup 3 ounces Cana­dian Whiskey 1 sprig fresh mint peach slice, for garnish

    Posted by on November 11th, 2008 | No Comments

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