This week we begin our month of Women Empowerment comics, with a 1950’s Ass Kicking Assassin / House Wife and Mother.  It’s Donna Reed meets James Bond in Lady Killer.

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• 3 oz whiskey
• Whole egg
• 1 teaspoon of sugar 
• 2 teaspoon of heavy cream

Shake over ice and pour into glass.

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This week we are reading Fun Home, Alison Bechdel's story that deals not only with her own coming out as a lesbian, but her closeted father's life of secrets and his eventual suicide.  The is also the basis for the Tony Award winning Musical of the same name.

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• 4 oz sherry
• 1 table spoon of sugar or simple syrup
• 2 orange slices

Muddle orange slices with the sugar in the bottom of a glass

Add Sherry

This cocktail dates back to 1862.

Episode 50 - Fun Home is out now.  Find this, and all our other episodes on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, and TuneIn

This week we are reading Fun Home, Alison Bechdel's story that deals not only with her own coming out as a lesbian, but her closeted father's life of secrets and his eventual suicide.  The is also the basis for the Tony Award winning Musical of the same name.

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In a highball glass full of ICE add:

1.5 oz gin

Lime, cut squeeze

Top off with club soda.

According to Todd, this was one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's favorite drinks.

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Ep 50 - Fun Home is out now! Find this, and all our other episodes on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, and TuneIn

This week we are reading Fun Home, Alison Bechdel's story that deals not only with her own coming out as a lesbian, but her closeted father's life of secrets and his eventual suicide.  The is also the basis for the Tony Award winning Musical of the same name.

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• 1.5 oz La Ina Fino Sherry
• 1.5 oz Perruchi sweet Vermouth
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• Lemon Twist, for garnish.

Stir all ingredients (except garnish) with ice and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with lemon twist.

Episode 50 - Fun Home is out Monday, March 26th.  Find this, and all our other episodes on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, and TuneIn

This week we are reading Persepolis from Marjane Satrapi.  This is her tale growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Spanning her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, she sees the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. 

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• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 1/4 cups water
• 3/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 6 lemons)
• 1/2 cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves
• 2 oz. Bacardi Limon

Make Simple Syrup by boiling 1/4 cup of water with sugar.

Combine all ingredients except rum. Add rum and 6 oz of lemonade to shaker with ice. Shake and strain into cocktail glass

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This week we are reading Persepolis from Marjane Satrapi.  This is her tale growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Spanning her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, she sees the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. 

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• 2 oz Plymouth Gin
• 1 oz St. Germain
• .75 oz Aperol
• Club Soda

Add the Gin, St. Germain and Aperol into a highball glass and fill with ice.  Top with club soda, and garnish with a lemon twist.

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This week we are reading Persepolis from Marjane Satrapi.  This is her tale growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Spanning her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, she sees the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. 

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Todd's drink from this week is a traditional drink from Iran.

Stolen from Wikipedia:

Arak or araq (Arabic: عرق‎‎) is a Levantine alcoholic spirit (~40–63% Alc. Vol./~80–126 proof, commonly 50% Alc. Vol./100 proof) in the anis drinks family. It is a clear, colorless, unsweetened anise-flavored distilled alcoholic drink. The Persian (Iranian) version of Arak (commonly called Arak Saggi) does not contain anise, as it is usually produced from ‌raisins, dates or saccharum plant. Arak is the traditional alcoholic beverage in Lebanon, Iran, Morocco , Iraq, Syria, and Jordan.

This week we are reading Persepolis from Marjane Satrapi.  This is her tale growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Spanning her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, she sees the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. 

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Persian Rose

• 2 oz Gin
• 1 ¾ oz sweet lemon juice (not regular lemon, not Meyer lemon; see info below)
• ½ oz lemon juice
• ½ oz Cherry Heering (can substitute other cherry-flavored liqueur)
• ¼ oz rosewater
• ¼ oz agave nectar (can substitute simple syrup)

Tools: cocktail shaker, strainer

Glass: chilled cocktail glass or coupe

Garnish: rose petal

Place ingredients in a shaker filled with ice and shake well.  Strain into your glass and garnish with a rose petal if you have one handy.

Those of you not familiar with Persian cuisine may be wondering about this fruit called the sweet lemon. They may look like lemons but they don’t taste anything like regular lemons, as they have a subtle honey-like sweetness and none of the sourness that’s characteristic of both regular and Meyer lemons. They also have a very bitter pith, so rather than peeling and eating as one would an orange, it’s better to also peel the membrane holding the fruit, and eat only the lightly sweet flesh. You can also drink the juice or use it in a cocktail as done here, but bare in mind that as with all citrus, the juice is best when fresh.

This week we finish up our Brian K. Vaughn spotlight with one of his most famous works: Y: The Last Man. After a plague wipes out every male creature in the world except a young magician and his pet monkey, that magician must make his great escape to Australia to find his girlfriend. 

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• 50 ml of Monkey Shoulder (blended Scotch/ Whiskey)
• 80 ml of Dry Ginger Ale
• Orange Wedge
• Plenty of ice

Fill glass with ice and add the Monkey Shoulder.  Pour in the ginger ale and slowly stir.  Top off with a fresh orange wedge.

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This week we finish up our Brian K. Vaughn spotlight with one of his most famous works: Y: The Last Man. After a plague wipes out every male creature in the world except a young magician and his pet monkey, that magician must make his great escape to Australia to find his girlfriend. 

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• oz of Scotch
• ½ oz Fraise Chilled Champagne

Pour the spirits into a wide champagne glass and top with champagne. Decorate with a strawberry.

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This week we finish up our Brian K. Vaughn spotlight with one of his most famous works: Y: The Last Man. After a plague wipes out every male creature in the world except a young magician and his pet monkey, that magician must make his great escape to Australia to find his girlfriend. 

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• Chilled Franzia White Zinfandel in a box
• Add strawberries

Serve in a Snoopy cup from McDonalds

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This week we finish up our Brian K. Vaughn spotlight with one of his most famous works: Y: The Last Man. After a plague wipes out every male creature in the world except a young magician and his pet monkey, that magician must make his great escape to Australia to find his girlfriend. 

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• 1 oz Orange Vodka
• 4 oz Blue Moon Hefeweizen
• 4 oz Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice
• Orange Twist and Bacon to Garnish

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We are goingback in time to the 80’s.  It’s halloween time and something strange is afoot in the early morning hours as a band of news paper girls make their rounds. Its the first book of one of Vaughan's current series: Paper Girls.

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• One part dark rum
• One part white rum
• Half part over proofed rum
• Passion fruit syrup
• Lemon juice

Shake ingredients with ice, then pour into the glass and serve over ice.  Garnish with a orange wedge.

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We are goingback in time to the 80’s.  It’s halloween time and something strange is afoot in the early morning hours as a band of news paper girls make their rounds. Its the first book of one of Vaughan's current series: Paper Girls.

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• 2 oz Plymouth Gin
• 1 oz Lemon Juice
• .5 oz Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
• .5 oz simple syrup
• 3 pitted cherries (reserve 1 for garnish)

Muddle 2 of the cherries with the simple syrup

Add everything else, then share with ice and strain into a chilled rocks glass filled with pebble ice.

Garnish with reserved cherry.

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We are goingback in time to the 80’s.  It’s halloween time and something strange is afoot in the early morning hours as a band of news paper girls make their rounds. Its the first book of one of Vaughan's current series: Paper Girls.

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• 1 oz pucker 
• 1 oz vodka
• .5 oz tripple sec
• 3 dash of orange bitters

Shake over ice. Strain into chilled glass. Garnish with apple.

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We are goingback in time to the 80’s.  It’s halloween time and something strange is afoot in the early morning hours as a band of news paper girls make their rounds. Its the first book of one of Vaughan's current series: Paper Girls.

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• 1oz Fords Gin
• 0.75 oz Branca Menta
• 0.75 oz Marie Brizarrd Crème de Cacao
• 0.75 oz Lime juice
• 5-7 pieces of Mint

Muddle mint leaves at bottom. Put in 1/3 ice. Put in remaining ingredients. Top with more ice.

Garnish with thin mint cookie & mint leaves.

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This week we continue our spotlight on Brian K. Vaughan with the Pride of Baghdad.  Based on a true story. Vaughan's tale of freedom vs slavery surrounds a small pride of Lions as they escape from the Bagdad zoo during the second Iraq war.

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• 1 1/2 oz High West Silver Oak Whiskey
• 1 1/2 oz lemon juice
• 1-2 tsp grenadine

Watch the sunset with this lovely cocktail created by Adam.

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This week we continue our spotlight on Brian K. Vaughan with the Pride of Baghdad.  Based on a true story. Vaughan's tale of freedom vs slavery surrounds a small pride of Lions as they escape from the Bagdad zoo during the second Iraq war.

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• 1pt Aftershock (red)
• 1pt Creme de cacao

You will want to float the Aftershock on top of the Creme de Cacao, for a beautiful shot, or a powerful cocktail.

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This week we continue our spotlight on Brian K. Vaughan with the Pride of Baghdad.  Based on a true story. Vaughan's tale of freedom vs slavery surrounds a small pride of Lions as they escape from the Bagdad zoo during the second Iraq war.

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• 1 part amaretto liqueur
• 1/2 part triple sec
• 1 ounce heavy whipping cream

In that order, layer all ingredients in a shot glass in shot glass

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This week we continue our spotlight on Brian K. Vaughan with the Pride of Baghdad.  Based on a true story. Vaughan's tale of freedom vs slavery surrounds a small pride of Lions as they escape from the Bagdad zoo during the second Iraq war.

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This recommendation comes from this weeks special guest Amy.  Playing on the traditional fortified wines knows as the Wine of Babylon, Amy is recommending the Christmas Mead from The Hive Winery.

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