The owners of Ole Smoke Distillery in Gatlinburg say they've had 100,000 visitors since opening seven weeks ago.

The past decade has been a wild cocktail ride. We went from Carrie and the girls sipping cosmos to "Mad Men" downing old-fashioneds like theyre going out of style.

At Stranahan's Whiskey in Denver, there's no bottling machine. The Colorado distillery brings in volunteers to do all the work.

The JKO: a tribute to Jacqueline Kennedy with Ron BarcelA3 Gran AA ejo, Amaro, lime, poached plum syrup, bitters, and pepper Photo: Anne Fishbein Poached plum syrup, Incan maca, a coffee-tinged Manhattan, smoked salt and pepper, and frankincense and Brazil nut tincture? If CaA a's brand-new cocktail menu sounds like it emerged from a dream, that's ...

By Anna Last Channel your inner mixologist. Any of these simple, refreshing cocktails will turn a casual get-together into a special occasion.

I just wanted to remind you that today is the deadline for submitting your original bourbon cocktail to August's Cocktail Contest.

An annual gala and benefit auction to raise funds for the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft in Louisville will feature online bidding for the first time.

The Arabella, a three-masted, 160-foot yacht hosted the Patron event in Newport Harbor.

What's Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto's barbecue secret ingredient? A sake-spiked marinade, of course.

This entry for the Salon Kitchen Challenge -- in which we asked readers to share their favorite cocktail recipes -- comes to us courtesy of Lucy Mercer .

This recipe is taken from Mallory Langston's post on living a life taken over by Dora .

Tru, of course, is the maker of organic spirits that likes to plant trees when not putting stuff in bottles.

Published: Monday, August 30, 2010 at 2:58 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, August 30, 2010 at 2:58 p.m. I'm mining the garden again and using some fresh peppers for a jerk chicken recipe.

The first time it happened, I was reluctant to hand over my baby. There we were, waiting for our grilled snapper to arrive, when a grandmotherly senora emerged from the kitchen, approached our table and extended her arms toward Avery.

Stina Persson is a Stockholm-based illustrator who has worked for the likes of Coca Cola, Absolut Vodka, Nylon Magazine, Marie Claire, Elle UK, Harper's Bazaar and much much more.

It's Sunday afternoon which means its time to clean out my purse from the weekend.

Stripped down to their very most basic, here are some cocktail recipes to build on.

Thanks to The Pour Curator, Greg Heller-Labelle , for not only making good use of my comp'ed media pass for the event, but for sending along the following words and pictures to help describe the event for all of you.

Cocktail parties are back in fashion, with the swank, swaggering characters on AMC's "Mad Men" forging a return to the old school and reminding people how to celebrate with style.

All over town, restaurants, resorts and hotels feature signature cool-down beverages some with a kick that ease these long, hot days.