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This article from Food & Wine provides a professional guide to cocktail shakers. It discusses two types of shakers: the Boston shaker and the cobbler shaker. The Boston shaker consists of two tins that create a seal, while the cobbler shaker includes a cup for ingredients, a cover with a built-in strainer, and a cap. The article also explains the purpose of shaking a cocktail and provides three shaking techniques: the tin-on-tin shake, the short shake, and the hard shake. The information is sourced from The Maison Premiere Almanac. [Extracted from the article]

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The headline of an Associated Press article that ran in March read, 'Both Sides Claim Victory in WTO Fight over Food Names.' Now, if you've been following this battle between [...]

In this article author talks about long lunch and lunch wine that is used to be the polite term for a wine that lacked the profundity to be served with dinner, but for long lunchers, it is the highest compliment as quaffable wine, bright and crisp as a spring afternoon, bringing verve to the whole table. Topics include considered that recipes that follow celebrate the idea of a long lunch at home, a tradition in Europe for ages.

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For stand-up comic Bill Engvall, that is the question. But even if he never gets a sitcom of his own, he'll always be at home on the road. THERE'S NOTHING […]