Professor Gourmand — April 2024

I know, I skipped March. It was all about screwing up my unemployment insurance claim, which I won’t do in 2025 because my claim year now starts in February. There was a week of COVID involved as well. Paxlovid took care of that.

I started with Redbird this month on Friday, April 5. They — Tobin, Castro and Danny — were just as happy to see me as I was to see them, and they had a brand-new cocktail list keyed to the Academy Awards. I started with the Casablanca — Bombay premier cru gin, la Quintinye extra dry vermouth, Aalborg taffel, Apricot, House-made Falernum, Ras el Hanout, lemon soda…