Sunday, 11 March 2012
Reinventing the Cocktail Or: How to Set Drinks on Fire to Make Them Taste Delicious [Video]
I spill a dribble of liquid nitrogen onto the bar as I try to pour it from a steel vat into a coffee thermos for Dave Arnold, in a scene that vaguely reminds me of this image of Jesus turning water into wine, except that the splash turns into smoke and tiny beads, which skitter across the bar like insects. This is not good, because interrupting the steady supply of liquid nitrogen to the rotary evaporator Arnold's tending to—which practically sits on top of a cash register—means I'll have single-handedly fucked up that night's supply of horseradish distillate, destined for a drink called the Lady of the Night. Fortunately, I don't. After nearly 20 minutes, a half kilo stalk of horseradish is transmogrified into a vial of pure horseradish flavor. It's the best vial he's made yet. More »
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