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You just want the absinthe in the middle of the glass. now my glass is prepared. zero are you here? while im doing this other part, will you put ice in there? weve got absinthe-rinsed glass. thats zoes putting ice in. in terms of making the rest of the cocktail, two dashes of bitters, a quarter of an ounce of this delicious thing that old italian ladies put on their fruit salad which is called maraschino. you know old italian ladies who do this? it looks like maraschino but they pronounce it mar...

Sometimes there is still room for yet more good news on top of something you already thought was pretty good. even great days sometimes get better. even something, for example, as great as a whiskey cocktail can be improved. so for a cocktail moment, heres how you make an improved whiskey cocktail. this is a jerry thomas drink that dates back to the 1870s. its now what we call an old fashioned. whiskey with sugar and bitters. an improved whiskey cocktail is an improvement on that. the improvemen...

Preparation technique, put a little bit of absinthe in a glass, after i swirl it around and coat the glass with it, im going to throw it out. you dont need a lot of it. you just want the absinthe in the middle of the glass. now my glass is prepared. while im doing this other part, will you put ice in there? weve got absinthe-rinsed glass. in terms of making the rest of the dock till, two dashes of bitters, a quarter of an ounce of this maraschino. you want a quarter ounce of this, which is not v...

The middle of the glass. now my glass is prepared. while im doing this other part, will you put ice in there? weve got absinthe-rinsed glass. in terms of making the rest of the dock till, two dashes of bitters, a quarter of an ounce of this maraschino. you want a quarter ounce of this, which is not very much. and a quarter ounce of sugar water, otherwise known as simple syrup. sugar and water in equal volume. there we go. never pour it back in the thing like i just did. now, the whiskey part. tw...

Scientists -- spoke with said its basically a lot of scientific mystery. could be the ionic battery like taste of ammonium chloride, the combination of the three ingredients turning into some weird new taste or it could be a matter of us not beinging scandinavian. it has been awesome to try to figure out why this horrible thing exists in the world and what it is. in honor of the remarkable taste that is larisol, we are having a cocktail moment to honor the licorice flavor that is in it, but to a...

Scientific mystery. could be the ionic battery like taste of ammonium chloride, the combination of the three ingredients turning into some weird new taste or it could be a matter of us not being scandinavian. it has been awesome to try to figure out why this horrible thing exists in the world and what it is. in any case, in honor of the truly awful but apparently marketable taste that is lakrisal, this is the thing that exists in the world, we are having a cocktail moment to honor the licorice f...

im carol costello. we begin with chick-fil-a appreciation day. and whats become depending on who you talk to a fight for religious freedom. today, hundreds of thousands say theyll show support for chick-fil-as coo dan cathy and his stand against same-sex marriage. that includes evangelicals, including the reverend billy graham, whos in poor health. a staffer will deliver chick-fil-a to his home. george, good morning. >> reporter: carol, good morning. according to chick-fil-a, today wil...