 Why Kwang Hee 'Mama' Park is the Queen of Kimchi
The chef has perfected the art of making the fermented dish over the course of 20 years After winning Fuji TV and MBC's Master of Kimchi contest, Kwang Hee "Mama" Park knew that making the fermented dish was her calling. "A lot of people think they know kimchi," says Park. "There are as many kimchi recipes as there are mothers in Korea. They're all different."
Since winning the contest, she has spent 20 years perfecting her process, using premiu...
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From the Strategist: The Best Bitters, According to Bartenders
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24 simple ways to add depth of flavor to drinks you make at home, from the Strategist If you're looking to up your cocktail-making at home — or need a way to make your mocktails a bit more exciting as we head into the back half of dry January — bitters are a simple way to add more depth of flavor to any drinks you make yourself. "They give you loads of flavor in very little liquid," explains Nik Hannigan,...
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The Soothing Bento YouTube Videos That Will Inspire You to Get Back in the Kitchen
In a video posted on her YouTube channel, Imamu cuts open a tamagoyaki. | Imamu room
Imamu Room's weekly bento-making ritual is my new, calming source of inspiration The YouTube recommendation algorithm is the devil's handmaiden, but occasionally Satan comes through. A few days ago, the algorithm introduced me to the channel Imamu Room, a Japanese woman's weekly chronicle of making bentos for her husband in their small kitchen in Canada. In an episode...
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A Scripted Julia Child Series Is Coming to HBO Max
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Finally, just "Julia" Belatedly responding to everyone who wished Julie and Julia cut out the whole blogger plot, HBO Max has ordered a drama series based on the life of acclaimed chef, cookbook author and TV host Julia Child. "Julia" will star Happy Valley's Sarah Lancashire as Child. The cast also includes David Hyde Pierce as Child's husband, Paul, Isabella Rossellini, and Bebe Neuwirth.
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America's Independent Bowling Alleys Might Not Make It Through the Pandemic
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Alongside restaurants and bars, recreational spaces like bowling alleys are also feeling the pressures of indefinite COVID-19 closures Up until August of last year, Eric Wells worked as a bartender at Bay View Bowl in Milwaukee. "I've worked at so many bars around the country and it was the greatest job I've ever had. I love that place so much," he says, adding that he made more there than any other prior service industry postings. In a...
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How I Found Empowerment in the History of Black Veganism
The imagery of veganism propagated by the wellness industry erases the long — and often radical — history of plant-based diets in the Black diaspora I used to think of pork as a life-giving food. One of my happiest childhood memories is shaking a fat pork chop in a Ziploc bag full of Shake 'n Bake seasoning before my grandmother slapped a few on a tray and put them in the oven. Forty-five minutes later, she'd pull out the crispy, amber slabs and pile them ...
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This TikTok Potato Cake Is the Wild Energy We Deserve Right Now
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TikTok user Zacharias Hayes-Thro, a.k.a @zhthot, is the baker behind the show-stopping creation So far, 2021 has been… not so great. But some signs point toward a year full of growth, ingenuity, and selfless public service: Enter this TikTok potato cake. If you were expecting a sweet cake, perhaps fortified with potato starch or a sweet potato glaze, I am so sorry, for this is a savory potato cake made with nothing but the finest spuds. If ...
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To Combat Cooking Burnout, Do It All at Once
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Meal prepping is a great way for any burnt-out cook to get dinner on the table Welcome to Ask Elazar, a column in which Eater staff writer Elazar Sontag answers your highly specific and pressing cooking questions.
I have about one day a week where I actually have the energy to cook for more than 20 minutes. What kinds of things can I make that'll last throughout the week?
A few weeks ago I was balancing precariously on a c...
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A Leading NYC Mayoral Candidate Thinks Roof Farms Can Save America's Cities
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On the Eater's Digest podcast, Eric Adams talks healthy eating, urban farming, and food deserts Later this year, the voters of America's largest city will elect a new mayor. New York's next leader will contend with budget crises, a small business sector in a free fall, a struggling mass transit system, a school system in open revolt, and a gr...
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Taco Bell Yields to Pressure and Brings Beloved Potatoes Back to the Menu
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The fast-food chain will also be adding a Beyond Meat option When Taco Bell announced it was removing potatoes as part of its menu "streamlining" efforts this summer, vegetarians and nightshade fans alike cried out in agony. The potato was the chain's "secret weapon," and was a hearty filling for anyone who wanted to avoid meat but wanted something more than just beans and cheese. But apparently enough people yelled at Taco Bell that the...
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Rep. Jerry Nadler Brought Zabar's to the Impeachment Hearing
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If you were impeaching the president for a second time, you'd be hungry, too Did you have the emotional wherewithal to tune into yesterday's House impeachment hearing? If so, hopefully you indulged in a little self care after listening to all those frustrating, circular arguments. Perhaps you poured yourself a glass of wine, took a bubble bath, or rolled a fat... uh... burrito. And if you're Rep. Jerry Nad...
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We Should All Be Eating More Rabbit
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Lean, nutritious, and climate friendly, rabbit can offer an escape from the industrial meat supply chain "Have you ever taken legs off a chicken? The back legs are a ball and socket, like on a chicken. Find where the thighs meet with the spine, and cut through the joint. With the forelegs, cut underneath the shoulder blade."
Beard framing his face mask, Nick DeLauri stood outside Verm...
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Subway's New Protein Bowls Are Basically Piles of Cold Cuts
In addition to cold cuts, Subway protein bowls offer steak and chicken. | Subway
Feast your eyes on cornucopias of salami, turkey, and pepperoni — no bread (or joy) in sight! At this point, pretty much every fast-casual restaurant has a protein bowl on its menu and now Subway is getting in on the action. While protein bowls are often geared towards the health-conscious or those looking to pack a convenient meal into an easy-to-consume format, the sandwich...
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Whole Foods Cuts Paid Breaks From 15 to 10 Minutes for Thousands of Workers
The change, according to the company, is being made to regulate policies across stores and states When the pandemic began last March, grocery stores across the country were pressured into giving their workers, who were classified as essential, some better protections. There was extra "hazard pay," as well as paid sick leave and other benefits extended to part-time workers. But that all died around July, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continued (and continues) at ...
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The Impossibly Fun McDonald's x J Balvin Merch Was Indeed Impossible
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Fans received an email stating the bucket hats, burger slippers, and more did not meet expectations and would not be distributed Bad news for J Balvin fans who ordered merch from his collaboration with McDonald's last fall: you're never going to see it. Vibras Lab, which manages the Colombian reggaeton singer along with other artists, emailed customers in January stating that merchandise orders were canceled due to a supply issue tha...
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How Jin-Gyu Creates Ancient Korean Fermentation Pots for Kimchi and Gochujang
The potter is the youngest of about 20 people left in the world who are skilled enough to properly recreate traditional Korean onggi Jin-Gyu learned the ancient art of onggi pot-making from his parents. Today, he is the youngest of about 20 people left in the world who are skilled enough to properly recreate traditional Korean onggi, a process which requires intense physical labor and adherence to traditional guidelines. The pots are used to hold kimchi, soy bean
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Don't Open Your Older Bottles of Wine Without This Tool
An ah-so is the must-have tool for top sommeliers like Derrick Westbrook Debates over wine openers tend to hinge (ha) on one main comparison: the classic double-hinged corkscrew, often simply referred to as a wine key or a waiter's corkscrew, versus, well, everything else. The simple wine key is considered the superior tool by most sommeliers, preferable to a "butterfly" or winged corkscrew (the kind with two arms) or quick-fix gadgets like the Rabbit.
But f...
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The Internet's Most Incredible Collection of Food History Has Been Saved
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The Food Timeline — librarian Lynne Olver's years-long endeavor to catalog the entire history of food — was in danger of disappearing forever, but it's found a new home at Virginia Tech's special collections archive A few years ago, I was working on a story about bread soup when I stumbled upon a gold mine of culinary research called the Food Timeline. An obsessively catalogued, exhaustively comprehensive reso...
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Women, Particularly Women of Color, Hit Hardest by Loss of Hospitality Jobs
American women with children are also three times as likely to have lost work In December 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there was a net loss of 140,000 jobs in the U.S. The service and hospitality industry was hit particularly hard, as "employment in leisure and hospitality declined by 498,000, with three-quarters of the decrease in food services and drinking places," due largely to COVID-19 restrictions on dining. 15.8 million people report...
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The Salted Honey Chess Pie the Grey's Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano Freak Out For
John O. Morisano and Mashama Bailey | Chia Chong/The Grey
A recipe from their new book "Black, White, and The Grey" Since Savannah, Georgia restaurant the Grey opened in 2014, it has garnered fame and accolades for chef Mashama Bailey's interpretations of Southern cuisine. But there's a compelling narrative that surrounds the restaurant, too — the collaboration of Bailey and New York City native John O. Morisano, who moved down to Savannah, bought...
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Just Put Everything in a Tortilla
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Everything I once paired with rice or noodles now gets the tortilla treatment This post originally appeared in the January 11, 2021 edition of The Move, a place for Eater's editors to reveal their recommendations and pro dining tips — sometimes thoughtful, sometimes weird, but always someone's go-to move. Subscribe now.
It's been a year of tortillas for me. Chinese stir-fry, my household's typical default meal, has found ...
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Failed by the Government, Restaurant Workers Are Turning to 'Adopt a Server' Facebook Groups for Aid
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The networks, which have popped up across the country, are being used by bartenders and servers to ask for anything from groceries to baby formula to help with bills As the pandemic stretches on, leaving restaurants and bars bleeding 372,000 jobs in December alone, local "adopt a server/bartender" Facebook groups are popping up to provide in-need restaurant workers with the virtual space to ask for and receive help.
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Quality Control
Why Big Olive Oil erupted over a boutique distributor's claims to a fresher, healthier oil I needed a nice bottle of olive oil. We had moved across the country in January and were now in month three of the COVID-19 pandemic — my expectations were lowered enough that homemade pesto sounded like an extravagance. Helplessly bound to my own demographic profile ("buy local!" "spend a little more and buy quality!"), I found myself driving 25 minutes to the s...
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How Bhumi Growers Deals Yuzu and Rare Citrus to Michelin-Starred Restaurants
The family-run citrus farm has become the go-to supplier for restaurants like Masa and Gabriel Kreuther "The original thought process of growing yuzu was just for ourselves, because we really fell in love with it," says Vivek, who owns and operates a yuzu and exotic citrus farm called Bhumi Growers with his wife Seema and daughter Simran in New Jersey. "From there we had a really dumb idea. We said, 'you know what? Let's try to sell it to some re...
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What Goes Into Designing a Wine Label?
Three designers on the inspiration that goes into creating the bottles you reach for
My relationship with wine started when I was a sophomore in college and my friends and I would trek to the liquor store in downtown Baltimore that didn't card. Usually, we'd buy a liter of Yellow Tail or Carlo Rossi to take to house parties. I wasn't so interested in the flavor profiles, the tannins, or whatever; I was interested in getting sloshed for cheap.
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The Great Birria Boom
Birria at El Garage in Richmond California | Patricia Chang/Eater SF
How two Mexican-American birrieros made the beloved dish a sensation in America In 2005, two Mexican-American teenagers from LA met at the fair in Coatzingo, Puebla, during Semana Santa, or Holy Week, a time when countless Mexican-American families head back to their family's hometowns all over Mexico to visit relatives. The pair were partying, meeting girls, and dancing to banda, ob...
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For a 'Proper Proper Proper' Baked Sweet Potato, Freeze It First
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Try Junzi lead chef Lucas Sin's method for recreating a favorite Chinese street food at home Lucas Sin held a small purple sweet potato in each hand, his phone balanced on the kitchen counter recording. November in New York meant the chill was setting in, and Sin took to Instagram to share his memory of the winters he spent in China as a kid, along with a recipe for what he dubbed — in all caps — "proper proper proper sweet potatoes!!"
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Viennetta, the Fanciest Dessert of the '90s, Is Back
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The height of sophistication — and the freezer aisle — is returning after 30 years One of the joys of becoming an adult is realizing the foods that you as a child thought were reserved for billionaires — Ferrero Rocher chocolates, a Hershey's Symphony bar, the Big Brand cereal — are just things you can buy at your local grocery store. But the Viennetta dessert, a layered ice cream cake that looks like the ruff of a debauched Eli...
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The Art of Hoshigaki at Home
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Some people got into sourdough. I turned to a Japanese method of preserving fruit. "What if I need to go out of town?" asked one thumbnail-sized person on my Zoom screen. "Should I bring the persimmons with me?" He sounded concerned.
"They'll be okay on their own for a few days," replied Sonoko Sakai, a Los Angeles-based food writer and the leader of our hoshigaki-making workshop (for the past eight years, she's taugh...
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Nebraska Governor Wrongly Says Undocumented Meatpacking Workers Can't Get Vaccine
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R). | Photo: MIKE THEILER/AFP via Getty Images
Not only was Gov. Pete Ricketts incorrect, he also demonstrated abhorrent prejudice In a one-two punch display of head-in-the-sand denial and xenophobic prejudice, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts repeatedly and falsely insisted in a Monday briefing that a) undocumented immigrants do not work in meatpacking plants, therefore b) they will not be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination with othe
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How Chef Nabil Attard Combines French Gastronomy and Syrian Flavors at Närenj
Forced to leave Syria, the chef realized his dream of opening a restaurant in France In 2018, chef and Syrian refugee Nabil Attard achieved his dream of opening a restaurant in France. At Närenj, he combines elements of Syrian home cooking with French gastronomy. "I told myself, 'You have to offer high quality cuisine, with high quality ingredients, in the style of French chefs, while still keeping the original flavors that have been in my head since ...
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You Don't Actually Need a Stand Mixer
A good old fashioned hand mixer does just about everything you'd want it to and then some As someone who makes bread and pastries using industrial-grade equipment for a living, people often assume I'm a snob when it comes to baking tools. This couldn't be further from the truth. Not only do I not own a "real" rolling pin (why bother when a wine bottle gets the job done?), but the piece of equipment I reach for most often when baking at home is my trusty ...
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Tyson Cannot Blame Executive Order for Employee's Death, Federal Judge Rules
A Tyson Foods billboard thanking essential workers, displayed in Logansport, Indiana, on April 28, 2020. | Photo: Lost Shoe Studios/Shutterstock
The meat packing company claims it was following federal guidelines throughout the pandemic, but the timeline doesn't add up Tyson Foods can't hide behind an executive order that kept meatpacking plants open in April when it comes to denying liability for a worker's death, a federal judge ruled last week, ord...
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Make the Chai that Keeps NYC Taxi Drivers Going All Night
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A foolproof chai recipe, plus a guide to some of the chai preparations most popular in New York Wander into almost any coffee shop in America today, and you can order something called "chai." At a Starbucks, that'll likely mean a sweet cinnamony latte served hot or over ice. Your local third-wave coffee shop might have a fancified version it's very proud of, made with slightly less sugar. And all the major chain grocers sell som...
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Doctors Concerned That Coronavirus-Related Loss of Taste Could Be Permanent for Some
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Even months after recovering from COVID-19, a small number of people still find that everything tastes "like cardboard" One of the telltale symptoms of COVID-19 is anosmia, or the loss of smell and taste. Nearly a year into the pandemic, a small number of people otherwise recovered from the novel coronavirus have yet to regain these senses, leading doctors and researchers ...
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Whole Foods CEO Thinks Healthy Eating Could Negate the Need for Health Care
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Who needs a doctor when you have kale? America is in a health care crisis. About 15 million Americans lost employer-based health insurance during the pandemic, and though Affordable Care Act and Medicaid provided a bit of a safety net, your best bet for not going into medical debt is launching a GoFundMe in the case of a medical emergency. So what's to be done? Medicare for All so your abilit...
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Cauliflower Rice Is Chipotle's First Menu Addition of 2021
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The new limited-time option — made with grilled and riced cauliflower tossed with cilantro, lime, and salt — will set you back an additional 2 bucks New year, new you, new plant-based Chipotle order?
Just in time for the start of 2021 and the whiff of weight-loss industrial complex that permeates this season, the fast-casual chain is adding cauliflower rice to its menu nationwi...
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How Jewish Pitmaster Izzy Eidelman Creates Some of Brooklyn's Finest Kosher Barbecue
All the steps taken to ensure Izzy's juicy barbecued brisket, pastrami, ribs, and fried chicken adhere to Jewish law Izzy's Smokehouse in Brooklyn, New York is one of the few barbecue joints around that specializes in kosher meats. "New York should be the barbecue of whatever you want to do. We're not tied in or grandfathered into a specific region of barbecue," says chef and owner Sruli "Izzy" Eidelman. "We're free to do whatever we want."
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The Recipes We Cooked Again and Again and Again in 2020
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How Eater editors cooked their way through quarantine While 2020 — the year of So. Much. Cooking. — might be remembered recipe-wise for sourdough, none of us could have made it through quarantine on bread alone. Among Eater editors, shelter-in-place got us into our home kitchens like never before and, naturally, we've depended on some recipes more than others to keep us going, rediscovering old favorites and finding new gems.
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Someone Please Buy Me This Gorgeous Cocktail Set
Tepotztli Colibri Azul cocktail shaker | Tepotztli [Official Photo]
These hand-painted cocktail tools are almost too stunning to use (almost) It was the pop of royal blue on the cocktail shaker that hooked me. The vibrant shade peeks out behind a psychedelic floral design starring a friendly looking hummingbird. Copper, which underlies the painted pattern, seems to shine through in the oranges and yellows of the flowers. It looks more like art to be display
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The Pandemic Restaurant
Mitshel Ibrahim and the staff at Ombra in Hackney have spent the year responding not just to government mandates, but the needs of its customers in real time through corona-time
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Make This Jungle-Inspired Cocktail From One of Costa Rica's Acclaimed Bartenders
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Raw cacao, local coffee, and fresh sugar cane juice star in a rum-based riff on the Old Fashioned Perched above San Jose's buzzing cultural center, Distrito Carmen, a softly lit cocktail bar hides amid a forest of potted plants from the not-so-far-off wilds. Called Selvatica — meaning jungle — the acclaimed nightlife destination is the ideal setting for the inspired creations of visiting bartender Liz Furlong, who has ma...
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The Very Real, Totally Bizarre Bucatini Shortage of 2020
Being educated noodle consumers, we knew that there was, more generally, a pasta shortage due to the pandemic, but we were still able to find spaghetti and penne and orecchiette — shapes which, again, insult me even in concept. The missing bucatini felt different. It was specific. Frightening. Why bucatini? Why now?
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The Best Gift to Give Your Future Self Is a Pre-Aged Cocktail
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With the right equipment, you can age your own cocktails at home One of the biggest problems I have when it comes to making cocktails is, uhh, making them. Cocktails, even simple ones, are a pain in the ass; they require things like multiple ingredients, garnishes, measuring implements, and of course when pouring whiskey or lime juice out of whatever bottle you inevitably break the meniscus curve on the jigger and wind up with
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