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Wayne Curtis

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    February 28, 2012

    Keeping Flies Out of the Punch Bowl

    Cocktail historian Wayne Curtis is a strong proponent of learning from the pre-Jerry Thomas era, when tavern keepers put fiery pokers in their punches and flavored their drinks with dried pumpkin and fruit. He admittedly isn't interested in resurrecting period practices such as tossing dead goats an ... More >>

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    February 20, 2012

    Vancouver Debuts the Vegetarian Bone Luge

    A Vancouver bar has created a concoction to resolve the quandary currently facing vegan mixologists determined to stay ahead of trends, a fairly significant demographic in the Pacific Northwest. Uva Wine Bar, a fabulously hospitable bar with regular access to marrow bones, this week hosted a bone l ... More >>

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    January 4, 2012

    List of Drunkest Cities Overlooks the "Genteely Inebriated"

    Tough year, Seattle? According to The Daily Beast, which collects clicks by annually compiling a list of the nation's drunkest cities, Seattle shot up the drunk-o-meter in 2011. Residents of 29 cities were drunker than Seattleites in 2010; last year, only 18 cities could make the same claim. But S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Bartenders Take Their Work Backstage

    ​Wayne Curtis' column in the current issue of The Atlantic chronicles all the strange goings-on at Grant Achatz' The Aviary, where molecular mixologists are futzing with vanilla-infused ice cubes and reverse osmosis tanks. But the Chicago bar's most radical experiment may be the sequestering o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Seattle-Based Tommy Bahama Seeking Friendly Rum Expert

    ​Centuries ago, rum was filthy stuff. The vats of molasses by-product that bubbled across the Caribbean sometimes refused to ferment, a problem amateur spirits producers solved by tossing dead sheep in the still. And if the rum was coming along nicely, a distiller might empty a chamber pot int ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Attention, Boeing Protectionists: Charleston Not Entirely Overrun By Racist Rubes

    Charleston is serious about preserving the past. How serious? You're looking at their primary mode of transportation.​We -- and by we I mean Caleb -- have been having a ton of fun with Charleston, the South Carolina city enlisted by Boeing to engage in a pot-sweetening duel with the Puget Soun ... More >>

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