1 – “Tequila treats you the same way you treat it,” says Steve Calabro, bartender at Rick Bayless’s Red O in Los Angeles. “If you aggressively slam it back, it will get mad and return the favor.”
Start with a quality tequila. Your first clue is to look for “100% Agave” on the label. Under Mexican law, tequila must be made from only the blue Weber agave plant (pictured) from the Tequila region in the state of Jalisco.
Read more in my Forbes story.
Celebrations of the year 4711 in the Chinese calendar officially begin this Lunar New Year’s Eve (February 9, 2013), but in cities across the United States and Canada the partying began weeks ago and will continue for weeks more. Inside our little red envelope for you: some of the biggest and most unique festivities from coast to coast.
Read the full story and see the slide show on my Forbes Seat 1A blog.
Cranberries, the history books tell us, were served at the first Thanksgiving, and they’re still ubiquitous on holiday tables nearly 400 years later. And sometimes it feels like that cranberry sauce recipe has barely changed in about that long.
Fortunately, chefs across America agree. Here we present, in no particular order, 10 of the most creative uses for the cranberry from sea to shining sea.
Read the full story and see the slide show on my Forbes Seat 1A blog.
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