Edible Rock » bartending http://www.ediblerock.com The best ingredients, the best tools, the best methods Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:58:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Scientists With Cocktail Shakers – NYTimes.com http://www.ediblerock.com/2010/01/scientists-with-cocktail-shakers-nytimes-com/ http://www.ediblerock.com/2010/01/scientists-with-cocktail-shakers-nytimes-com/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:11:56 +0000 scottbmaps http://www.ediblerock.com/?p=258 More cocktails developed in the last 10 years than probably any decade since Prohibition; some of them have emerged as modern classics.

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– Measuring

– Shaking

– Stirring

– Straining

– Muddling

– Making a citrus twist

– Using herbs

– Rimming glasses

– Chilling glasses

– Rinsing glasses

Read more about each bartending technique at How to be a superstar bartender.

]]> http://www.ediblerock.com/2010/01/10-techniques-every-bartender-must-know/feed/ 0 Stocking the Bar- NYTimes.com http://www.ediblerock.com/2010/01/stocking-the-bar-nytimes-com/ http://www.ediblerock.com/2010/01/stocking-the-bar-nytimes-com/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:20:11 +0000 scottbmaps http://www.ediblerock.com/?p=232 Rounding out my kit is a pair of bamboo tongs, a small Microplane grater for cinnamon and nutmeg, a channel knife for doing long strips of zest and my desert-island tool, the clam knife: a dull, short, pointed blade I employ for everything from opening blister packs to prying off stuck bottle caps — in short, all the tasks you don’t want to dull your good knives with.

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]]> http://www.ediblerock.com/2010/01/stocking-the-bar-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 World’s fastest bartender shatters cocktail record http://www.ediblerock.com/2009/04/worlds-fastest-bartender-shatters-cocktail-record/ http://www.ediblerock.com/2009/04/worlds-fastest-bartender-shatters-cocktail-record/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:11:18 +0000 scottbmaps http://www.ediblerock.com/?p=31 Chris Raph is the new world’s fastest bartender, verified by the Guinness Book of World Records. He smashed the old record of 389 cocktails by making 662!

via Burnsville bartender shatters cocktail record .

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