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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Mar 28, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: baby formula

Longman & Eagle's Derek Alexander goes all out with Enfamil and breast milk
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Derek Alexander, Naha, Steve Carrow, breast milk, chai, Enfamil, Batavia arrack, Longman & Eagle, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Mar 15, 2013
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Cocktail Challenge: Balsamic vinegar

Lisa Selman of Little Market Brasserie crafts a tequila-based eye-opener with unfermented grapes.
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, balsamic vinegar, wine, unfermented grapes, oak, juniper, Italy, Middle Ages, Balena, Natalia Cardenas, Lisa Selman, Little Market Brasserie, tequila, ginger syrup, mole bitters, Pico Piquin, kosher salt, apricot-peach preserves, lemon juice, Alex Renshaw, Sable, chalk, Sable Kitchen & Bar, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Sep 8, 2011
Cocktail Challenge: beef stock

A vegan mixologist thinks this challenge is a dick move
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, The Whistler, Paul McGee, Stephen Cole, Barrelhouse Flat, beef stock, vegan, vegetarian, gelatin, Dick Move

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Jun 6, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: canned tuna

Ronnie Higgins (Bangers & Lace, Bar DeVille) puts a tropical twist on a fishy concoction
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Mike Page, Ronnie Higgins, canned tuna, mule cocktail, Manny Sofios, Gilt Bar, Bangers & Lace, Bar DeVille, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Aug 14, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: caraway seeds

A Carnivale-esque twist to pastrami on pump
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, carraway seeds, Luis Rodriquez, Allison Hagio, Paramount Room, pastrami, David Dwarshak, Patrick Henaghan, Carnivale, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Mar 29, 2013
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Cocktail Challenge: Chalk

Sable bartender Alex Renshaw brings applejack for the teacher.
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Sable, Alex Renshaw, chalk, Campari, Cynar, grapefruit juice, lemon juice, simple syrup, Cruzan Black Strap rum, Laird's Straight Apple Brandy, Scofflaw, Sable Kitchen & Bar, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Aug 29, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: chicken bouillon

Patrick Henaghan of Michael Jordan's Steak House makes the best of "that fake chicken flavor"
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Patrick Henaghan, chicken bouillon, Luis Rodriguez, Michael Jordan's Steak House, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Feb 11, 2013
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Cocktail Challenge: Cod milt

Blackbird's Mary Rose Braun dresses up a briny delicacy.
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Caviar, fish roe, cod milt, sperm sac, Red Door, Jay Schroeder, Blackbird, Mary Rose Braun, pisco, boba pear, tapioca balls, bubble tea, Balena, Natalia Cardenas, lentil, lemon juice, simple syrup, orange bitters, Stout syrup, rum, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Aug 18, 2011
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Cocktail Challenge: cream of tartar

Stephen Cole, formerly of the Violet Hour, creates a mini explosion with cream of tartar.
- by Julia Thiel
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Nov 29, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: egg white

Adolfo Calderon of Public House whips up a fairy-tale cocktail
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Adolfo Calderon, egg white, Snow White, fairy tales, Monica Dim, poison, Public House, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Dec 27, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: falernum

Rodan’s Eric Chaleff soothes his flu with a teacup full of rum
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Eric Chaleff, Rodan, Bloodiest, cocktail challenge, falernum, tea-infused rum, The Rum Dynasty, Jenny Kessler, Masa Azul, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Oct 6, 2011
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Cocktail Challenge: fenugreek

India meets Michigan in a smoky drink
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Henri, Clint Rogers, fenugreek, Sable, Sterling Field, cocktail, recipe, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Apr 25, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: fish sauce

Erin Hayes makes a savory cocktail to match the potent Asian condiment
- by Asher Klein
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Erin Hayes, Danny Shapiro, fish sauce, tom yum curry, coconuts, Perennial Virant, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Dec 8, 2011
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Cocktail Challenge: kimchi

Hot Chocolate's Luke LeFiles concocts the Malort Drinker's Breakfast, a Bloody Mary for the pros
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, kimchi, Luke LeFiles, Bill Kim, Kris von Dopek, Mindy Segel, Bloody Mary, Hot Chocolate, Urban Belly, Belly Shack, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, May 5, 2011
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Cocktail Challenge: kombu

Boka group mixologist Benjamin Schiller crafts a three-way seaweed drink
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Boka group, Benjamin Schiller, kombu, seaweed, Boka, Girl & the Goat, FT Fish & Oyster, Sepia, Josh Pearson, GT Fish & Oyster, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, May 2, 2013
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Cocktail Challenge: Kombucha

Uby Khawaja of Scofflaw creates the Tomfoolery, made with home-brewed ginger kombucha and the bar's own Old Tom gin.
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Sable's, Alex Renshaw, Uby Khawaja, Scofflaw, Big Star, Frog Greishaw, Old Tom Gin, North Shore Distillery, Gran Classico Bitter, Annemarie Sagoi, the Charleston, Boston, seafood, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Feb 29, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: Kraft cheese powder

Naha bartender Steve Carrow crafts a bacon-and-egg drink with an eye to Wisconsin
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Steve Carrow, diner, slang, cackleberry, Justin Anderson, Naha, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Mar 1, 2013
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Cocktail Challenge: Lentils

Natalia Cardenas of Balena makes a deliciously leguminous adult beverage.
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Blackbird, Mary Rose Braun, Balena, Natalia Cardenas, lentils, legume, white lentils, urad dal, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, coconut milk, horchata, rice water, rum, mole bitters, Roald Dahl, vermouth, egg, Lisa Selman, Little Market Brasserie, balsamic vinegar, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Jan 19, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: Manischewitz

The manhattan meets cherry wine in this cocktail from Bar DeVille's Bradley Bolt
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Manischewitz, manhattan cocktail, Bradley Bolt, Luke LeFiles, Bar DeVille, Slideshow

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Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Feb 16, 2012
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Cocktail Challenge: muddled caviar

The Bedford's Justin Anderson crafts an Asian-inspired tribute to Hemingway
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Justin Anderson, Bradley Bolt, John Manion, La Sirena Clandestina, Ernest Hemingway, Donshuunouo, Japan, caviar, Branch 27, Slideshow

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