In The Spotlight

1. The Facebooker's Guide to Palo Alto Nightlife

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   Valley Wag displaying their usual obsession with Facebook, put together this nice round up bars with in stumbling distance of Facebook headquarters in my hometown of Palo Alto, CA. Starting at the top of University Avenue, Rudy's is the first stop. Rudy's has been around for years, or at least as long as I can ...Read More

2. D'usse Cognac VSOP Review

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   D'usse Cognac VSOP is the lastest offering from Bacardi's Chateau de Cognac, the Cognac house that produces Baron Otard.  This is not your ordinary bottle of Cognac.  It's producers have gone for a completely different look on the bottle.  It's a bit gothic, a bit midieval with a double cross on a squat bottle with ...Read More

3. How to measure in 'parts'

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   Normal people measure things in ounces, cups, tablespoons and other recognizable increments. Cocktail people often use "parts" instead, which puts the recipe in the form of a ratio. A part can be any type of measurement. All you have to do is assign a measurement increment to be a part—for example, one part equals one ounce—then ...Read More

4. Guinness Cupcakes

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   Gena at Big City, Little Kitchen, made this variation of a Nigella Lawson recipe. The addition of a cup of Guinness not just makes these cakes perfect for St. Patrick's Day, it makes them tasty too! Big City, Little Kitchen - Beer Cupcakes! [via Craftzine]Read More

5. The Olympic Drinking Game

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   With hundreds of hours Olympic coverage to watch over the next two weeks, we figured a drinking game was in order. Of course, we ask that you drink responsibly. There aren't any Gold Medals for finishing this one first. Keeping things simple, take a drink each time: There is a reference to the Olympics being "China's coming ...Read More