Today is Thanksgiving Day here in the United States, and I hope it's a fine one for anyone reading. Here's what we'll be offerin...

I'm totally behind on links, so let's catch up: Score: William Merritt Chase—an American Impressionist and his instruments. Boston G...

I haven't updated this space for several months now, for a lot of reasons. I've been writing elsewhere. I've been trying to comp...

Catching up on some recent reviews, since, now that I finally took down my festive holiday tree, I have to take it down from the blog, too. ...

Because it has been a summer of STUFF and TASKS I have gotten dangerously lax about keeping up with even my own output. Some items you might...

Raise a glass! You made it to 2012! Lucy's Purple Aura juice of 1 lime juice of ½ lemon 1 tablespoon grape jelly 1 teaspoon grenadine 1½...

In honor of a minor milestone, a riff on the martini that I've come to rely on: Manuscript Submission 2 oz. dry gin ¾ oz. apricot eau-de...

Today is my birthday. This year's honored co-celebrant is Serge Koussevitzky, who would have turned 137 today, if only he had actually p...

Hey, tomorrow is Alban Berg's birthday! So here's an honorary cocktail for the party: rather lush, a little exotically perfumed, a l...

A couple of pies waiting at home for my lovely wife, spending the day doing last-minute get-out-the-vote canvassing in New Hampshire. The on...

Midsummer happy hour! This one comes from fooling around with Dixie Peach juice cocktail from Trader Joe's , though any similar peach co...

I'm guessing this is the week when it hit everybody that summer is almost over. Here's a little creation to soothe your melancholy. ...

Phil at Dial "M" requests drink recipes . Even critic-at-large Moe starts licking his chops at that kind of prospect. So here'...

Lest you think composers only expend their creative energies on boring old music , here's a concoction for the weekend (name courtesy of...