More from the travel condiment world… Pocket flake salt. Now you can be as prepared as thomas keller. You can buy them here:

Maldon

http://www.amazon.com/Maldon-Salt-Pinch-Tin-0-35/dp/B008X7EEPO

or if you like supporting smaller local business try Jacobsen Salt

http://jacobsensalt.com/shopping-cart/

The cutest soy sauce that you can find from glutenfreehouston.com. What kind of condiments do you travel with?

Concerns Arise Over Whether Iron Chef Japan’s New Chairman Is Insane Enough

TheBraiser.Com brings up a very good question, will the new Chairman of Iron Chef Japan bring the type of insanity that is so lacking in the American verison of the show? Will it get back to the feel of a sporting event instead of a showcase for Bobby Flay to sell more mayo?

Plus how awesome is this video of Chairman Kaga being awesome in all caps!

Enjoy this collections of photos from a cocktail party we were a party of a little while ago. Please note that our drink was a Long Island Ice Tea with a fancy name. It was mixed in a plastic ikea planter the size of a small washing machine and I stirred it with a chefs knife. It was by far the least sophisticated drink of the night but was by an even farther distance the most alcoholic and therefore the most attended. 

My story was about Long Island, and the feeling of hopelessness that can surround you when you try to be funny. 

The pictures are pretty killer. And here is the L.I.I.T. recipe for those who want to try this at home:

A Significant Long Island Ice Tea:

1 part Gin - get good shit and make it floral because it is gin and needs to do something or you might as well just put in more vodka

1 part Vodka - get the most flavorless shit you can find that doesn’t give you a headache

1 part White Tequila - Don’t be fooled into thinking you need an expensive tequila. blanco is essentially the vodka of tequila so get something that won’t give you a headache and reminds you of doing stupid things when you are young.

1 part white rum - Although this is white as well, and essentially flavorless there is some hidden sweetness in here. Buy the best rum you can afford and enjoy the energy spike/crash it will give you. Also doing shot of this after you get hammered is the best way to assure someone is going to get arrested. 

1/2 part cointreau (tripple sec) - this is an orange flavor liqueur. Buy the best type of this you can. It is where the difference between a L.I.I.T. in a plastic cup and this amazing boozy drink i am telling you about really starts to makes itself known. 

1/2 part fresh lemon juice - squeeze them shits yourself because that is how it is supposed to be done

1/10 part fresh lime juice - Obviously I am guessing here but you can figure that shit out yourself. It needs a little lime and don’t stick a wedge in the glass because this isn’t cro-bar. 

Pinch of salt

Pinch of sugar

Mix all of that stuff up in a big bowl, or pitcher or you can pour it back into a bottle that the booze came out of. Put it on ice and wait until it is cold until you start serving it. 

Service:

1. Put ice in glass
2. Pour mix until glass is 65% full
3. top with mexican coke - it is a little more expensive but it is made from sugar and that shit matters because corn syrup tastes like liver disease  
4. put in a big straw and hand it to your guest

ellempire:

Significant Portraits from Significant Cocktails, a party I made honoring Rob Walker and Joshua Glenn’s new book, Significant Objects. Mixology by Michael J. Cirino (pictured), Lynnette Marreo and Martim Smith-Mattsson.

TBC….

I am looking to make this an edible/drinkable reality. Anyone want to help?

Not sure why but this makes me incredibly happy. Anyone else?

A real meal with marijuana in it. This feels like the beginning. Anyone interested with coming up with other refined ideas?

Amazing sense of creativity here. 

Occasionally this seems to be the only progress we are making. But we try not to forget that even this is in and of itself progress. 

How do we take broken dreams and turn them into inspiration?

How can we take the shattered preciousness that we held so dear and let the fragments of  its former glory be a foundation for a new movement?

What did you ruin today that will become tomorrows greatness?

This is how I want to arrive at almost everywhere I go.