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Today’s write-ups by Keckler. Confused? Click here. Need an ingredients list? Try Google.
5 Cape Cod vs. 6 Bellini. I’m not excited by this matchup and I don’t order either of them on a regular basis. …

Today’s write-ups by Sarah D. Bunting. Confused? Click here. Need an ingredients list? Googletini.
1 Bloody Mary vs. 5 Cape Cod. I love Bloodies — love love love them. I love the bite of the lemon …

We’ve got true crime; we’ve got baseball; we’ve got reflections on true crime by my favorite baseball writer; we’ve got TV studies, memoirs, and an investigation of the fate of Pudding Pops by my colleague …

Today’s write-ups by Sarah D. Bunting. Confused? Click here. Need an ingredients breakdown? We recommend Google, straight up with a twist.
1 Martini / Gibson vs. 9 Mimosa. The Martini pounded its opponent last time; I …

Today’s write-ups by Keckler. Confused? Click here. Don’t know the ingredients? Try Google.
1 Bloody Mary vs. 8 Black / White Russians. Okay, as gross as the Russians sound to me, even worse is the cocktail …

Today’s write-ups by Keckler. Confused? Click here. Don’t know the ingredients? Try Google.
1 Screwdriver vs. 16 Vesper. I know the Vesper’s going down hard here and I know full well Bunting only agreed to add …

Today’s write-ups by Sarah D. Bunting. Confused? Click here. Don’t know the ingredients? Google, baby.
1 Martini / Gibson vs. 16 Pink Lady. I used to have a boyfriend who refused to eat potato salad because …

Jane Pratt has me cringing again.
Reader AMA tipped me to Pratt’s new project, xoJane.com, and wondered about my thoughts “given [my] previous takedown” of Jane Magazine, so the cringing began with my own writing from …

Today’s write-ups by Keckler. Confused? Click here. To refresh your memory on ingredients, we recommend Google.
1 Gin and Tonic vs. 16 French 75. See, this is a sucky match-up because I love both of these …

Today’s write-ups by Sarah D. Bunting. Confused? Click here. To refresh your memory on ingredients, we recommend Google.
1 Bloody Mary vs. 16 Americano / Campari and Soda. A Campari cocktail has such a wonderful mid-century …