Tag Archives: mixology

Behind the Bar: Mixologists’ Challenge

What rhymes with “orange”? Nothing. What goes with orange? For New Orleans’ mixologists, the only limit is that of their imagination. We approached some of the city’s finest to get a sense of how they construct a cocktail when given such a common element as a starting point.   Sean Thibodeaux, Clever The Bloody Mary [...]

Telling Tales

Tales of the Cocktail celebrates cocktail culture in America July 8-12 at the Hotel Monteleone and other French Quarter venues. Chefs, mixologists and cocktail experts will be on hand for tastings, panel discussions, parties and whatnot. In one recent year, a number of bartenders held an impromptu Top Chef-style drink-making competition based on the contents [...]