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Where To Find The Cocktail Guru Team At This Year's TALES OF THE COCKTAIL This year's Tales of the Cocktail festival in New Orleans is looking to be the busiest yet, with The Cocktail Guru team taking TOC by storm. Below is a schedule of our whereabouts so that you can pop in and say hi. Hope to see you there! ****** Thursday, July 23, 20113:30pm-5pm: Seminar - "The European Bartending Perspective" moderated by Jonathan Pogash with guest panelists Simon Difford (Class Magazine) and Nicolas de Soto (Experimental Cocktail Club, Paris & London). Thanks to Mandarine Napoleon for sponsoring. More info HERE.Thursday, July 23, 20118pm-10:30: Spirited Dinner at The Grill Room - "Exploring Whisk(e)y in Cocktails" Jonathan Pogash and Hal Wolin will serve up mighty tasty whisk(e)y cocktails (from William Grant's portfolio) paired with superstar chef Drew Dzejak's fine fare. Hurry - space is filling up! Call 504-522-1994 for reservations! More info and menu HERE. Friday, July 24, 20112:30pm-4:30pm: Marie Brizzard Presents: Taste the Past, Present, and Future, Hotel Monteleone Jonathan Pogash will mix up special twists on some classic favorites in this tasting room at the Hotel Monteleone. He will be joined by TV personality Daryl Robinson. You don't want to miss this one! More info HERE.Friday, July 24, 20115:30pm-7:30pm: Meet The Craft Distillers Event, Hotel Monteleone Jonathan will be mixing up his signature "Green Gold" cocktail using Vermont Spirit's very own Vermont Gold Vodka. Come and have a taste! More info HERE.
Saturday, July 25, 2011
6pm-8pm: "Party Like A Don" special event hosted by Don Julio Tequila, Le Phare, New Orleans
The Cocktail Guru team will be batching up a storm for this special pre-party to the Spirited Awards ceremony. They'll also be "Donning" our brand new New Orleans commemorative aprons - so come and tell us how handsome we are!
More info HERE.
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Summer Cocktail Recipes
A few weeks back I appeared on "Daytime" - wonderful morning show that films in Tampa Bay, FL, and is aired nationally on the "Retro TV" cable network.
I included the recipes from my appearance on my blog.
So enjoy!
Low Cal Summer Sippers
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The Funnies...
Vintage Funnies:
This comes to us via Mr. Brian Rea and his wonderful website, www.TheBarkeeper.com This cartoon appeared in the 1950 book, "Authentic and Hilarious Bar Book," by Virgil F. Partch. What a treasure, eh? (I meant the Cartoon, not Brian)
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