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Word of Mouth: Le Trou Normand

Le Trou Normand (luh trew nor-mahnd): A pause in the middle of a meal where everyone has a drink of brandy and then continues to eat. Folklore has it that the shot of alcohol burns a hole ("un trou")...

Good Question: What Is This Anise Liquor?

Tamara writes in with a good problem - unidentified (but interesting-looking!) liquor. She says: My sister just moved and I inherited some odd liquors from her that she didn't feel like trucking acr...

The Celluloid Pantry: Stingers with Green Creme de Menthe and The Big Clock (1948)

"Green mint, that's what the boy said." In the noir classic, The Big Clock (1948), the dizzying sting of a certain green cocktail sends New York crime magazine writer, George Stroud (Ray Milland, le...

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