Red Carpet Glamour Cocktail

By Andrew Hunter

The 84th Annual Academy Awards are quickly approaching, and for those of us in the food business, especially in Los Angeles, Oscar time is party time. No Oscar party would be complete without the perfect drink for a celebratory toast, or two. Each year an official cocktail is poured that best represents the trends and flavors of spirits. This year, the honor goes to our friend, mixologist Adam Seger.

Adam’s cocktail, called Red Carpet Glamour, is created with Moet & Chandon Champagne and Hum, his own botanical spirit of pot still rhum infused with fair trade hibiscus, ginger root, cardamom and kaffir lime. It’s sweeping the nation! Moet & Chandon announced Adam’s selection this way:

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And the Winner is…

By Katie Barreira

February is National Snack Food Month, a fitting title, given that the hallmark of snack food consumption, the Super Bowl, falls on its first Sunday. Such snack-centric events often become occasions to indulge in highly processed, preservative-laced junk food. But hardcore snacking need not be dispirited by all of that rubbish.

The end of the month brings another snack-worthy occasion (thanks, Oscar) and if you’d like to snack without all the junk, then nosh on these homemade refreshments, inspired by some packaged favorites.

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