Results for: book
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The Book That Made Me Get Sober: Leslie Jamison’s “The Recovering”
Reading The Recovering was like reading a diary full of thoughts I would never have been brave enough to write down. I felt something I’d only ever felt once before, when I kissed a girl for the first time and a million tiny moments from my life suddenly snapped into place. I felt a corner of my brain relax, like it’d been trying to work out a code and had just been given the key. Oh, this is what I am. That explains it.
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Marching at the End of a Very Long Parade: On Being A Queer Alcoholic
I got sober alone, in a village about an hour north of Kampala, Uganda. I had moved there for a job opportunity, naively confident I, as an openly queer person with a mental illness, could flit across the globe like a moth. By the time I quit my job and scheduled an emergency move back to the United States, my drinking was threatening my life.
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5 Boxed Rosés, Ranked by Bang-for-Your-Buck by a Bunch of Inebriated Queers
Which of five wonderful rosés would be best for “listening to D-I-V-O-R-C-E by Tammy Wynette and feeling accomplished”? The answer to this question and so many more lie within this post.
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Things to Bring Your Friends for Their Bars (That Won’t Break the Bank)
You don’t have to break the bank to add to the bar.
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Liquor in My Last Post: This Rum Is Distilled At the Bottom of a Volcano
Come have a farewell drink with me, friends.
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I Almost Set Myself on Fire for this Maple Rye Old Fashioned
If this were a standard Old Fashioned, you’d serve it up exactly like this or you’d spear a cherry for garnish. BUT WE ARE FANCY FOLKS. We’re going to play with flames.
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Let’s Make Cheese Boards and Never Leave the House Again
We’re adults who are both hungry and special and so we deserve gorgeous cheese boards that are also very chill. Important note: this includes one vegan snack board BECAUSE I LOVE YOU.
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Liquor In the Moving Boxes: A Monkey Wrench While I Pack My Bar
Ugh. I’m moving. Here’s a monkey wrench.
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Kathie Lee and Hoda Have Wasted Over 3200 Glasses of Wine on “The Today Show”
They don’t drink their wine.
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Liquor On The Mountain: Whiskey Women
This year at A-Camp, we’re tasting whiskeys that are or have been historically piloted by women. No boys’ club spirits this year!
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Liquor In the Highball: The Americano
Pair the Americano with the English translation of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan series. Happy May!
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A Muggle’s Quest For The Perfect Mug Of (Alcoholic) Butterbeer
I’m not interested in the kiddie theme park variety made of cream soda and syrup from a squeeze bottle; I want hot, alcoholic, grown-ass woman butterbeer.
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Liquor On the Mountain: Coppercraft Whiskey and a Guide to Single-Distillery Tastings
Limitting a tasting to one specific distillery is like reading something you like and then picking up every book the author ever wrote. Becoming familiar with one distillery’s whiskeys gives you the chance to talk about their body of work as a whole.
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Liquor In the Secrets: Start a Secret Society, Invent a Secret Punch Recipe
I am a person who thinks there should, on the whole, be more secret societies in this world. So. I’m not saying I’ve made a secret society just to have a secret punch recipe, but I’m not not saying that either.
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Autostraddle Book Club #7: We’re Reading “Blue Is The Warmest Color”
And! Because I’m the one doing the book club, I have a bit of an added element. There is a drink recipe in here, folks!
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Get Baked: Incredibly Easy Spiced Mulled Wine
This is a guide for people who like to drink fancypants alcohol in the winter, but don’t actually like to put pants on. (So, probably all of you.)
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Liquor in the Last Days of Summer: Rhubarb Vanilla Cordial
This recipe fulfills my every fantasy of cordial: it’s fruity, sweet, looks pretty in a glass, and can get you drunk.
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Liquor on the Mountain: Our Whiskey Tasting Line Up
It’s that time of year again. The time of year when we get a bunch of people at A-Camp to go in on a few bottles of whiskey and we all taste them together and talk about how great whiskey is. And, as with every tasting we do, we encourage you to follow along at home!
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Liquor In The House: Everything You Need For A Bar At Home
In which we stock a bar that is meant just for you and yours.
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Liquor In The Barrel: A Barrel-Aged Manhattan
Myself, I’ve had barrel-aged Negronis, Manhattans and Boulevardiers, but I’ve never made one until right now. My favorite of those I tasted is a Manhattan, so for my first foray into barrel-aging, that’s what we’re going to go with.