From the why-hasn’t-anyone-thought-of-this-before department, Reuters ran a story last week about an American ex-pat entrepreneur in Casablanca who’s opened a new cafe…named Rick’s, after the gin joint in one of my favorite films, Casablanca.

I don’t know whether I’ll be in Morocco any time soon, but somewhat closer to home, anyway, is the Cocktail Film Fest [...]

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According to Gary Regan’s Ardent Spirits newsletter, David Wondrich is set to appear on Late Night with Conan O’Brien tomorrow, Friday, January 11, etc. Has Conan shaved his strike beard? It could be the battle of the beards!

The booze-loving New York Times devotes much of its Dining and Wine pages this week to the tipple. Because I love you all, I’ll give you a brief rundown of each article:

Pete Wells starts with a fun piece on off-putting cocktails: a Cosmo spiked with Pernod and pomegranate, for example, or a rum drink with [...]