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Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans
February 6, 2009
Tales of the Cocktail 2009 New Orleans
What are you doing this summer to enhance your cocktail enjoyment? Tales of the Cocktail is gearing up to make the lives of thousands of people a little tastier in an annual event to be held on July 8-12, 2009.
Every summer spirits from around the world descend on America’s most soulful city. Spirited cocktails, cuisine and culture that stirs even the most idle of souls heats up the days and nights in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sponsored by the New Orleans Culinary and Cultural Preservation Society with the goal of preserving the rich history of the restaurants and bars of New Orleans and the unique culture of dining and drinking famous to the city, the annual event includes chefs demos, contests, food and drink tastings, plus live entertainment.
The New Orleans Culinary and Cultural Preservation Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds to benefit hospitality industry members, produces Tales of the Cocktail annually.
This culinary and cocktail festival features award-winning mixologists, authors, bartenders, chefs and designers in the New Orleans French Quarter. In 2008 the event used 8085 mint leaves, 6 cups of Goji berries, 280 liters of lime juice, 350 liters of lemon juice, 2340 jalapeño slices and 6 thousand pounds of ice, stirring the tastebuds of more than a thousands of sippers!
On February 6th, 2009 at 11:49 pm , tattletale said:
There are some amazing new cocktails that come out of this event. At a minimum, you’ll get an opportunity to impress your friends when you stir this yummy concoction!
Green with Enveev
1.5 oz. Veev
1 oz. Sour pucker
.5 oz. Green Chartreuse
squeeze of two good size lemon wedges
Place in a shaker with ice shake, pour and enjoy.
Drink designer was Murf Reeves
On February 7th, 2009 at 4:28 pm , admin said:
Thanks for posting the recipe. From time to time I review specialty liquors and have discovered some exciting, new mixes introduced to the consumer. One of my favorites is Three Olives Triple Shot Espresso, a 70 proof alcohol cocktail beverage mix with vodka made in England. I tried several other flavors of Three Olives such as Root Beer, and Tomato to be used in Bloody Mary drinks. See threeolives.com. Another liquor I tried that I found helps the quality of cocktails for a discriminating audience is Select Silver Tequila (100 proof). http://events.huntingtonbeachevents.com/?p=13 . In California we drink lots of margaritas, especially during Cinco de Mayo. Some of the finer Mexican restaurants stay away from the sickening color mixes and offer a purer drink with fresh squeezed lime. A trip to Tijuana across the border also yields some amazing cuisine and cocktails influenced by the recipes of Spain and the Mediterranean. I have found that travel and cocktails mix well, as long as you aren’t driving around. Loews boutique hotels even produced a small book several years ago that included their specialty cocktails featured in their hotels around the USA. http://hotelreviews.beachcalifornia.com/?p=31
On February 10th, 2009 at 4:04 pm , miiiiiiiiiii said:
Three Olives just added a cool feature to the site for people to check out. Proximo Spirits, Inc. added a web tool allowing consumers to locate their favorite brands of Proximo liquors, including Three Olives Vodka, 1800® Tequila, Gran Centenario, Ron Matusalem and Maestro Dobel. The bar and liquor store “locator” provides us fans of these flavored cocktail mixes and fine liquors an easy way to spot the nearest places serving cocktails or selling bottles of our favorite beverages.
By entering a zip-code, street address or city, and then choosing “bar” or “liquor store,” consumers are shown an interactive map with the names, addresses and telephone numbers of locations serving the spirits within any stated radius.
Elwyn Gladstone, Head of Marketing for Proximo, Inc., said that the tool was created to allow fans to quickly and easily seek out the popular brands, whether searching from their home computer or out on the town looking for a fun bar or restaurant serving their favorite cocktails.
Very nice! http://www.threeolives.com