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Official cocktail of New Orleans by proclamation of the Louisiana House of Representatives, the Sazerac is a happy little whiskey drink whose “authentic” recipe is argued to distraction and no simple conclusion. Everything from the glass it’s mixed and served in to the proper brand of bitters is fuel for bartender and imbiber alike to [...]

Well, recipes don’t get much simpler than this, but they don’t get much better tasting than this either. The essential pairing of tomato and pasta, a marriage made in that country that might as well be known as heaven, is one of the worlds simpler miracles. Fresh, silky pasta crafted from nothing but flour & [...]

[Another chicken recipe; sorry, I'm in Italy right now & relying on a post I did before I left.] Love lemons? Me too. Lemonade, lemon candy, lemon gelato, limoncello, and this tidy little weeknight dish, chicken piccata. You can hammer the breasts thinner if you like, but please don’t spare the lemon juice or use [...]