The ladies of LUPEC Boston are thrilled to honor the hundreds of thousands of forebroads who’ve served this country as volunteers during times of war. We’ve written about the Hello Girls of World War I and the Clubmobile girls of World War II, and later this week we’ll talk about the entertainers who traveled to [...]
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Veterans Day Cocktails
Posted in brandy, Broads, Cocktails, Eggs, lemon juice, sloe gin, Women's History on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One Nation, Under Cocktail
Posted in Bourbon, brandy, Broads, Champagne, Cocktails, Cointreau, daiquiri, President Madison's Favorite Whiskey Sours, Raspberry Shrub, Roman Punch, Rum, Whiskey, Women's History on November 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The 2008 election has come and gone, and wasn’t it enough to drive anyone to drink? In this week’s Dig column, we suggested whipping up a batch of Martha Washington’s Rum Punch to muddle through that post-election hangover. (You can read more about the punch here.) Here’s a list of some other Presidential favorites from [...]
Luscious Liqueurs and Party Snacks with AJ Rathbun
Posted in AJ Rathbun, Broads, cocktail books, Cocktails on October 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In the context of the infinite cyber-sphere, the Internet cocktail community seems comparatively home-y. Thus we were thrilled to hear that Seattle-based cocktail blogger and author AJ Rathbun would be in Boston promoting his recently released titles, LUSCIOUS LIQUEURS and PARTY SNACKS, this week. We’d only ever met AJ through blog cross posts and track [...]
This One’s for the Ladies 2008
Posted in Broads, Cocktails, Fundraiser, This One's for the Ladies on October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Join the ladies of LUPEC Boston as we raise our glasses to raise awareness! Starting November 1, LUPEC Boston will partner will select Boston-area bars and restaurants to offer our Second Annual “This One’s for the Ladies” drink promotion. Participating establishments will be donating the proceeds from one broad-related beverage for the month of November [...]
The Endangered Cocktail of the Month: The Scoff Law
Posted in Broads, Chartreuse, Cocktails, Endangered Cocktail of the Month, French Vermouth, Green Chartreuse, Grenadine, lemon juice, Scoff Law on September 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Welcome to the Endangered Cocktail of the Month, a new feature on the LUPEC Boston online home. To help us achieve our goals of “breeding, raising, and releasing nearly extinct drinks into the wild”, LUPEC Boston will select a new classic cocktail to revive at local bars and restaurants each month. We’ll write about the [...]
Boston by way of Paris: the Scoff Law Cocktail
Posted in Bitters, Boston broads, Broads, Cocktails, Scoff Law on September 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
by Pink Lady scoff·law – \-ˌlȯ\ – noun: a contemptuous law violator.* As the story goes, the Scoff Law cocktail was invented in 1924 at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris. The word, however, was invented in Boston the previous fall. Here’s story of how one beget the other.** In October of 1923 prominent Anti-Saloon [...]
The Little Black Book of Cocktails by LUPEC Boston
Posted in Boston broads, Broads, Charity, Cocktails, Events, Ladies Night at Toro, Little Black Book of Cocktails, the Friends' Boutique on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
by Pink Lady Whenever LUPEC throws a party I find myself gleefully overwhelmed: So many cocktails on offer, so little time…however will I sample all of the delicious drinks on this list in one evening? Perhaps I’d try if I were a guest, but since I’m there representing a ladies club devoted to sophisticated and [...]
Hello, sucker!
Posted in Broads, Chartreuse, Grenadine, lemon juice, Mae West, Orange Bitters, Scoff Law, Texas Guinan, Vaudeville, Vermouth, Whiskey, Women's History on March 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
by Pinky Gonzales …This was the standard greeting you’d likely receive from the jovial, peroxide blonde manning the house at one of several Manhattan speakeasies during Prohibition. Of course, this would foreshadow the spending of all your dough, on illegal hooch and tips for the showgirls. You’d happily fork over $25 (back then no chump [...]
Charlotte Smith and the "Lady Edisons"
Posted in Boston broads, brandy, Broads, Campari, Charlotte Smith, Edisonian Cocktail, lemon juice, Margaret Knight, Mary S. on March 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
by Barbara West “Mary S.” of St. Louis, Missouri (c. 1851-1880) was an inventor who led a life of genius and poverty. Lacking finances and confidence, she sold the rights to her mechanical inventions to various male agents, for as little as $5 each. These men received 53 patents, and a great deal of wealth. [...]
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