Web magazine Table Matters explores eau de vie, the fruit-based digestif that many Americans associate with the expression “tastes like burning.” But the unaged brandy, when done well, cuts an impressive gastronomic figure: “‘If the fruit doesn’t have it, the eau de vie...

Like most people, I find inspiration in random places. But my current cocktail passions have taken a very unique path, as these things go.It won't surprise you to hear that Alembic and NOPA laid the groundwork for this little "problem" -- it was their cocktails, after all, that started me looking at...