The Beachbum always orders Rumaki at Polynesian restaurants, because no matter how many guests at his table, he invariably gets the dish to himself. People with high cholesterol, vegetarians, and calorie-counters all recoil like vampires exposed to sunlight when they discover that Rumaki consists of water chestnut and chicken liver wrapped in bacon, skewered and [...]
In Under The Volcano, Malcolm Lowry wrote about the phenomenon of “drinking yourself sober.” He’d be right at home in New Orleans during Tales Of The Cocktail, where sober discussion about drinking rules the day — five days, to be precise (July 16-20), packed with seminars about how to make drinks, how to taste [...]
On Thursday, July 19, the Bum and rum historian Wayne Curtis (author of And A Bottle Of Rum: A History Of The New World In Ten Cocktails) will co-host a “Spirited Dinner” at the Palace Cafe in New Orleans. They’ve chosen rum cocktails old and new to accompany chef Darin Nesbitt’s food [...]