Cocktail Queries is a Paste series that examines and answers basic, common questions that drinkers may have about mixed drinks, cocktails and spirits. Check out every entry in the series to date. The ...

"The Oracle Pour" is Salon Food's spirits column that helps you decide what to drink tonight. Ask anyone fortunate to live long enough to see their personal style come back into vogue as fashion ...

Sometimes behind the bar, you have your own personal trends. Take, for example, this week’s cocktail. A year or two ago, I got on a streak of making this drink for almost everyone I knew. I sang its ...

In wilderness settings (read: bar patios), I’m a subpar birdwatcher. I can spot a male cardinal, and can point out other members of the genus and identify them as “birds.” “Look, a bird!” I will say ...

In wilderness settings (read: bar patios), I’m a subpar birdwatcher. Put me in a tiki bar, though, and I become an ornithologist, parsing the menu for a specific feathered friend. The Jungle Bird used ...