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The New Western Buck – Healthy Cocktail Recipes by Tricia Alley

By Tricia Alley

By Tricia Alley, So Cal Director of Mixology for Southern Wine and Spirits   I am one of the luckiest gals in the world. I...

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Nutrients Commonly Depleted By Alcohol

By James Madeiros

By James Madeiros   Booze Beats Up Nutrients: A List of Losers It’s no secret that enjoying an adult beverage or two can drain the...

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Hangover Cure Fact or Fiction: Coffee

By James Madeiros

By James Madeiros   The question of whether coffee actually cures a hangover is one that always earns the shady lawyer’s most favored (and annoying)...

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Booze, Babies and Ballyhoo

By James Madeiros

By James Madeiros   In the ultra-safe, padded and padlocked 21st century a woman who drinks while pregnant might be burned at the stake. Okay,...

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Fact or Fiction: Wine is Healthier Than Beer

By James Madeiros

By James Madeiros   Why is it that wine always gets a nod from the health nuts while beer is frowned upon as a cheap,...

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Top 10 Types of Beer

By James Madeiros

By James Madeiros   The answer to your first question is yes, there are 10 types of beer. In fact, there are many more than...

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Booze, Politics and State Control

By James Madeiros

By James Madeiros   Most of the tippling public is given to understand that Prohibition ended amid many celebratory clinking glasses in December 1933, but...

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B-Vitamins and Drinking Alcohol

By James Madeiros

By James Madeiros   B Good to Your Body Your doctor wasn’t lying: vitamins are important. It’s been true since you started munching those chalky...

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Does Drinking Through A Straw Get You Drunk Faster?

By James Madeiros

By James Madeiros   Booze Through A Straw = Drunker, Faster? “Shaken, not stirred … and with a bendy straw, please.” It’s hard to imagine...

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