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Archive for April, 2009

Ten Questions for Eilen Jewell: A Lady We Like

Posted in Boston broads, Weekly Dig, tagged , , , , , on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

by Pinky Gonzales Eilen Jewell is a local musician – singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, harmonica player – in the modern Americana vein, worthy of our attention. We mention her here in our column in the Weekly Dig. She and her killer band have just released their third (third time’s a charm!) album, Sea of Tears, [...]

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Earth Day: Pt 2

Posted in Cointreau, lime juice, Vodka on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

According to a recent Zagat Survey article, “Bostonians are very aware of the nutritional and environmental impacts of the food they eat… 78% of surveyors like their food to be locally grown or raised..”  — Zagat is referring to your entree, but it follows that we Bostonian/Cantabrigians appreciate environmentally-friendly cocktails as well. With that we [...]

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Mint Juleps at GRAND

Posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

“I’m from the South, you know…my mother served these at her fifth wedding.” -Mint-juelp sampling guest at the GRAND yesterday Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Shop & Sip at GRAND (the store) yesterday! Especially those who turned out in seersucker, sundresses and “say something” hats. For those who missed the event but [...]

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Shop & Sip with LUPEC at GRAND tomorrow!

Posted in Events on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Complimentary Mint Juleps AND 10% off at Grand this Saturday! LUPEC will be teaming up with GRAND (the store) in Union Square, for their monthly “Sip & Shop”, tomorrow, April 25th from 2:00 pm-6:00 pm. The Kentucky Derby will be only days away and LUPEC will be serving up some delicious Mint Juleps to celebrate! [...]

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Setting the Green Bar

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We LUPEC broads love to cocktail for a cause, so whenever we’re out and about and know our bar is doing their part to go green we feel pretty good stumbling home. Kudos to some of our favorites (as mentioned in this week’s Dig), who have been doing it so long it’s old hat by [...]

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Rachel Carson and the Deep Sea

Posted in Weekly Dig on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Happy Earth Day!  This week lift a glass for Mother Earth and her constituents: Among them, Rachel Louise Carson (May 27 1907 – 1964), renowned scientist and author whose writing spurred the environmental movement in the US. Carson earned a masters in zoology at Johns Hopkins (magna cum laude) in 1929 and when hired as [...]

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DIY Syrups

Posted in Bourbon Belle, Syrups Series, Weekly Dig, tagged on April 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »

by Bourbon Belle In Part I of the Syrup Series, we discussed that making your own home made versions of the highly available (and highly artificial) syrups used in modern and classic cocktails (like simply syrup and grenadine), is almost as easy as strolling down to your corner liquor store and purchasing a bottle.  This [...]

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BIRTHDAY SHOUT-OUT to MARY PICKFORD

Posted in Rum, Weekly Dig, Women's History, tagged , on April 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »

by Pinky Gonzales Mary Pickford, Hollywood producer, philanthropist, Oscar-winning actress, imbiber, was born April 8, 1892 and we salute her! Apparently she was much better at the first three, but she got a cocktail named after her all the same. She did a lot of work helping struggling actors during the Depression years while making [...]

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On Pink Gin

Posted in angostura bitters, Bitters, Gin, Pink Gin, Pinky Gonzales, Weekly Dig, tagged , , , , , , , on April 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

by Pinky Gonzales For those of you who consider the Pink Gin an old familiar friend (not to be confused with LUPEC member Pink Gin), below you’ll find an array of comments on its existence. For the unacquainted, or who read this week’s Dig column to the bitter end, Pink Gin is a keep-it-simple, Zen-like [...]

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