Toasting the Hunt
Filed In: Chef + Plate, Experience, Food, Recipe, Restaurant, Toasting the Hunt
When it comes to his cooking values and principles, Rob McDaniel is a chef one could consider a modernist and a traditionalist. ...
Filed In: Cigar, Toasting the Hunt
Deeper understanding of our hobbies and pastimes leads to greater enjoyment of those passions. Isn’t that a prime motivator for visits to wineries and distilleries? That’s also why curiosi...
Filed In: Cigar, Culture, Handmade, History
Recently we’ve seen a slight warming in our Cold War–era diplomatic relations with Cuba. As these dramatic events continue to play out, many are wondering how the new relationship will......
Filed In: Culture, History, Toasting the Hunt
When it comes to single malt Scotch whisky, there’s one region offering the most distinctive style in the category—Scotland’s Islay. Islay is the southern island of the Inner Hebrides of......
Filed In: Bourbon, Drink, Toasting the Hunt
An excerpt…In the realm of American whiskey, the term blend is a dirty word. Americans prefer to use “mingle” when referring to joining one barrel’s whiskey with another’s. Although the......
Filed In: Craft, Drink, Toasting the Hunt
When the first whisky makers fired up stills, they did not document the aqua vitae production. Distilling was just another chore in the pursuit of staying alive. So, to tell......
Filed In: Bourbon, Drink, Toasting the Hunt
I have some bad news. There’s a bourbon shortage—and it’s only getting worse. Unprecedented domestic demand and export growth, combined with the lack of quality American white oak with which......
Filed In: Cigar, Experience, Toasting the Hunt
Lighting a cigar is the final step in the preparation ritual, but it entails more than simply bringing a fl_ame to the foot of the cigar. Much like the cutting......
Filed In: Bourbon, Drink, Toasting the Hunt
If you’ve read this column for the past three years, you know I don’t like to stray from the topic of whiskey. But brandy—which essentially means distilled fruit—is sublime. Like......
