LOS ANGELES: 16 DOUGHNUTS WE LOVE
Tucked into nearly all of the ubiquitous strip malls in Los Angeles is some sort of fried dough purveyor. From the old-school with pink boxes to the gourmet bakery to that uniquely California mash-up, the Chinese food and doughnut shop. This town is nuts for doughnuts. [Photographs:Rebecca Fishman, this page; others Katie Robbins, unless noted] [...]
KNAPPOGUE CASTLE
In 1951, Mark Andrews, creator of Knappogue Castle single-malt Irish whiskey, decided to age some of his best spirits in Spanish sherry barrels instead of traditional American oak. Thirty-six years later, Knappogue Castle 1951 was bottled as an extremely limited offering. Today only a few bottles remain, and they are available only by special order for [...]
JOSE CUERVO PLATINO
Sharing is caring. An enlightened sentiment. One best applied to world-class tequila and cultural wisdom. Not so great when applied to… well, let’s just leave it at tequila and wisdom. Introducing The Insider’s Insiders, a website, fountain of knowledge and interview series with a group of trendsetters, scenemakers and generally well-informed people of culture, brought [...]
RAMEN HACKS
Ramen in the U.S. has come a long way. Once known only in its 10-for-a-dollar instant-lunch form—a staple of offices and dorm rooms all around the ’80s and ’90s—high-end real ramen shops are springing up left and right on both coasts and everywhere in between. As a half-Japanese kid in the ’80s, I grew up eating [...]
VODKA BONG
Oh, trust Holland to be the birthplace of Bong Spirit, artisanal vodka in a bottle shaped like a bong. Bong Spirit’s super premium vodka follows a 150 year old recipe, is produced from pure grain and is six times distilled. source
COKE REVEALS RECIPE
The secret recipe of Coke has been hidden and locked down for 125 years. But apparently, not anymore. This American Life says they’ve found the ingredients that make up the delicious bubbly cola and have revealed it to our delight. The story starts with John Pemberton, a Civil War veteran who’s credited with inventing Coca-Cola. His [...]
KARLSSON’S NEW VODKA
Few people (including myself, up till about 10 minutes ago) know of the man behind Sweden’s most famous vodka – Borje Karlsson. In 2006, assisted by a team of talented individuals, many of them from the old Absolut team, we witnessed yet another birthing of a Swedish vodka, Karlsson’s Vodka. There are many facets of [...]
RON DE JEREMY RUM
Break out the bottle of Ron de Jeremy and get the ladies drinking. Rum is a party drink. You think an old pirate like Ron Jeremy didn’t know that? He was a smooth operator. And now he’s got his own brand of prime Panama rum, aged 7-years. In his line of work, “The Hedgehog” likely [...]
CORZO
It is not difficult to mistake Corzo for a perfume rather than what it actually is with its clean lines and clear solid glass vessel. A tequila. Corzo is Bacardi’s first premium tequila, launched in the fall of 2004, and is set to redefine our preconceptions of tequila in taste and in packaging. According to [...]
AKESSON VIN BOXED WINE
This is one boxed wine I will drink, if not stare at. Why do things from Sweden always look so good? Even their people look unrealistically good, like they’re from a race more evolved than the rest of the world, but I digress. If you understand Swedish, please tell me if Akesson Vin will ever come [...]
BALBLAIR
Wow, no prizes for guessing where Balblair hails from. This is the biggest display of nationalism we’ve seen in alcohol packaging. Image from Beautiful Life.
KRINK X ABSOLUT
Krink, the world’s fastest growing art supply line whose founder used the streets of San Fransisco and New York City as his laboratory to create his trademark drip paint look, teams up with Absolut vodka to ink Absolut’s iconic bottles. The end product will be showcased by EXIT magazine. Image from Popsop source
DOSS BLOCKOS: NY STYLED BEER FROM MELBOURNE
Doss Blockos? Doss Blockos? DOSS BLOCKOS? It’s a beer. It’s in Melbourne and it takes its name from a famous squat situated on East 9th Street in Manhattan, New York, in the 1990s. Ah, yes. We like. A lot.
LOVEJOY VODKA
Well, this may be last year’s news, but we are loving Lovejoy Vodka from Integrity Spirits. This would look divine in 500 ml bottles. Image from Integrity Spirits.
TALAMANCA COCOA
This is not the kind of hot cocoa you’ll get out of one those tiny bags with the dehydrated marshmallows (which may or may not be my guilty pleasure). Nope,Talamanca Cocoa is taking it to a whole other level. This is about creating a ‘product ecosystem‘. Getting a little too out there? Let’s take it back [...]
Beef Bourguignon
Looking for something celebratory? This is a take on the iconic French dish, Boeuf Bourguignon, popularized in America by Julia Child. Less of a stew and more of an event, classic beef bourguignon is beef stewed with aromatic vegetables, herbs and spices which are then strained off, reduced and finished with a butter-flour mixture to create [...]
WHISKY STONES
These whisky stones, available from ThinkGeek, are perfect for giving just the right chill to your whisky or scotch to open up the flavour. Please do not attempt to use these as a substitute for ice-blended margaritas. Image from ThinkGeek.
BOTTLEHOOD RECYCLED GLASSWARE
Bottlehood – much like manhood – is filled with remnants of your beer swilling, wine gulping college days. But instead of just hazy memories and pictures that can never see the light of day, Bottlehood has something you can actually get your hands on. And what better for your hand than a Bottlehood”upcycled” beer, wine or [...]
EASY HOMEMADE DONUTS
Note on the biscuits: I used Pillsbury biscuits for this recipe. One roll of “Buttermilk” biscuits yields ten small (about 2 1/2-inch inches in diameter) doughnuts and ten tiny doughnut holes. You’ll need a 1/2-inch round cutter to punch out the holes. One roll of “Grands Homestyle Buttermilk” biscuits yields eight large (about 3 1/2 inches in diameter) [...]
NYC’S MUST EAT BURGERS
Although the Serious Eats community has recently weighed in about their favorite burgers in Talk and on Serious Eats New York, Travis’s question gives a good opportunity for those of us behind AHT to share our favorite burgers in the city (and share some burger porn you may have missed over the years). Here are our favorites [...]
Rice With Chorizo, Shrimp, And Green Olives
Ever been on a kitchen losing streak? You know, a nice three or four meal run where everything you touch fails in some stupendous and inedible way? After I had my own run this week, I decided to scale back my ambitions and make something simple. That’s how I ended up with this recipe from Food [...]
LEVEL 33
LeVeL33 (at the Marina Bay Financial Centre) The view is just awesome. So located on the 33rd floor of the Marina Bay Financial Centre is the ‘world’s highest urban craft-brewery’ after all and it’s called Level 33. The brainchild of a few enterprising Austrians and Germans, they aim to create a beer guzzling experience that is [...]
ARTICHOKE
Set within the lovely cobblestoned courtyard of the historic Sculpture Square, Artichoke Café + Bar offers modern Moorish cuisine in a casual and relaxed environment. Inspired by the fascinating flavours and smells of Spain, Turkey, Lebanon, Greece and Morocco, their food is perfumed with the spices and aromatics from these far-away, exotic places.
