Recipe: Cilantro Pesto, My New Summer Fling

August 12, 2011

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="374" caption="Cilantro pesto"][/caption] The other day, I went to a macrobiotic place for dinner and it had a dish on the menu with quinoa and cilantro pesto. When I eat out, I try to order dishes that would be difficult or annoying to make at home, so I passed on it thinking, […]

Tagged as: cilantro, glutenfree, maindish, pesto, quinoa salad, Recipes, summer

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My Final Take on Tales: Favorite Cocktail Recipes, Food & Photos

August 9, 2011

With the long days of summer waning to give way to cooler weather, I wanted to share a kiss goodbye to my time at Tales of the Cocktail by sharing the best of the best with you here. Read on for my three favorite cocktail recipes you can make at home, a few memorable meals […]

Tagged as: ballastandkeels, cochon, cochonbutcher, cocktails, Food, lubrow, neworleans, talesof

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What I Ate in NOLA: My Top Three Meals on Foodspotting

August 9, 2011

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="373"] Soft shell crab po’ boy at Stanley’s, New Orleans[/caption] Today’s post is getting back to the good stuff … all about what I ate in New Orleans. As you know Mouth of the Border loves getting to know a neighborhood through it’s unique, special or ethnic foods and NOLA is no […]

Tagged as: Food, foodspotting, neworleans, NOLA, talesofthecocktail, totc, totc11, travel

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Part Three: All the Tales Fun that’s Fit to Print

August 5, 2011

I’m back with my final recap of Tales 2011. Thanks for spending time with me here on The Dizzy Fizz. I hope to spend more time with you, whether it be here, on one of my sites or over cocktails. Saturday, Saaaaturday Saturday! Saturday! Oh yeah. Let’s just say we didn’t get a ton of […]

Tagged as: bonvivants, ladiablada, macchupisco, NOLA, pigandpunch, plymouthgin, totc, totc11

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Friday Fun: M. Wells, Delicate Dumplings & Videos to Make Your Eyes Hungry

August 5, 2011

Later today we’ll have Part Three of my Tales coverage on The Dizzy Fizz and next week, I’ll wrap up my Tales coverage with posts about the best things I ate, recipes for my favorite cocktails from the trip and some great photos I was saving just for you. Today we’ll keep it light and […]

Tagged as: chinese, dimsum, mwells, Restaurants, skimkim, somethingiate

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Part Two: All the Tales Fun that’s Fit to Print

August 3, 2011

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="Old Campari Ad"][/caption] We’ll open up Part Two of “All the Tales Fun That’s Fit To Print” with my profession of  undying love for the Negroni (even when frozen). The only seminar I squeezed into my Tales schedule was “The Negroni: an Iconic Cocktail.” To read about my Negroni day, the […]

Tagged as: bombaygin, boozewithoutborders, campari, classiccocktails, cocktails, martiniandrossi, negroni, plymouth, thedizzyfizz, totc, totc11

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Part One: All The Tales Fun That’s Fit To Print

August 2, 2011

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="298" caption="Zacapa Rum Hurricanes on Tales' opening day"][/caption] I’m still only halfway (mentally) recovered from my second Tales of the Cocktail, which celebrated its ninth anniversary in New Orleans this year. The resounding opinion this year was that it was not quite as fun as last year’s Tales, and everyone agrees it’s […]

Tagged as: cocktails, neworleans, NOLA, talesofthecocktail, thedizzyfizz, totc, totc11

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Great Local Culture in NOLA: Foodzie Post

July 28, 2011

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="334" caption="World's Largest Kopstootje Toast @ Tales of the Cocktail 2011. Photo credit: Drink PR"][/caption] I’m back from New Orleans and excited to share updates on all facets of Tales of the Cocktail with you. From the cocktails to the meals to the artisan food scene in NOLA, I’ll be guest posting […]

Tagged as: artisans, Food, foodzie, neworleans, NOLA, Recommendations, Restaurants, totc, totc11, travel

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The Hangover Coach’s Top Five Tips to Make It Through Tales

July 21, 2011

Being at a week-long event devoted to cocktails means a lot of drinking and nights that end well after the sun comes up. Even for bartenders used to hitting the hard stuff on a regular basis, Tales can be mighty taxing on the liver. I met up with “hangover coach” Kendra Strasburg of Crave Health […]

Tagged as: boozewithoutborders, cocktails, drinking, health, talesofthecocktail, totc

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Delicious Debauchery in NOLA

July 20, 2011

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="336" caption="Muffaletta!!! At Central Grocery, New Orleans."][/caption] I’m down in New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail, so I’m feeling really spoiled by the great local food and amazing access we have to the world’s best bartenders and cocktails. So far, I’ve had charbroiled oysters at Acme Oyster House, a muffaletta sandwich […]

Tagged as: greygoose, muffaletta, neworleans, NOLA, talesofthecocktail, totc, totc11, travel

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