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These New Yorkers Want to Make Eau De Vie Cool
Using only local ingredients, the tiny Neversink Spirits produces apple brandy (both aged and unaged), gin, bourbon, and pear eau de vie.
This Week in Food Porn: Sriracha, Satsumas, and Smoked Yogurt
Fear not, chicken-fingered superbosses, we’re here to bring you This Week in Food Porn, MUNCHIES’ guide to the most delicious pics posted to Instagram in the past seven days.
Bad Perry Is a Relic from the 70s Dinner Party of Your Darkest Nightmares
While the best perry is a heady, near narcotic delight—dry, elegant, evocative of the crisp autumn afternoons—a bad perry can be very bad indeed.
New York City's Free, Foraged Fruit Makes the Best Cider
Passersby rarely take note of them, but there are wild fruit trees growing all over New York City. I joined a cider-maker and a sommelier to forage for found fruit in the parks of upper Manhattan, which we'll press and ferment into booze.
Chugging Pear Juice Could Save You from Hangover Hell
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that pears may actually be able to lower blood alcohol levels and mitigate the crippling effects of hangovers.
Apple Pear Sauce Recipe
Once you make your own applesauce, you'll never go back to the store-bought variety. Ever. The difference is immeasurable, particularly here in New York where the apples are just so damn good.