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There are plenty of New Years Eve events in and around Madison this year to get you off your couch and out of your house.

Settle Down Tavern co-owners Brian Bartels, Ryan Huber and Sam Parker reimagined a former men's boutique into a new cocktail bar, Oz by Oz.

Legend has it that one day in the 1930s, a New York City bartender named Fernand Petiot took a simple cocktail concept, one part vodka and one part tomato juice considered best-consumed in the morning to overcome a hangover, and decided to spice it up, adding black pepper, cayenne, lemon juice and Worcestershire and Tabasco sauces to the mix. Fernand Petiot behind the bar. It would come to be known as the bloody mary  — a name with many possible origins: Some theorize it was named for the bloody reign of 16th-century Catholic queen Mary Tudor of England; others believe it comes fro...

One Martini, Ice Cold, With a Blanket and a Scarf Drinking outdoors in the winter, thanks to Covid, can be painful, but bar owners are trying to make it feel like fun — or at least less frigid. Curling, anyone? Marcus at Nohu, the chef Marcus Samuelsson’s rooftop hotel bar in Weehawken, N.J., has a rink to keep customers moving in the cold.Credit...Adam Friedlander for The New York Times By Robert Simonson Jan. 21, 2021 In winters past, Del Pedro, an owner of Tooker Alley in Brooklyn, responded to snowfall by inviting a group of friends to drink martinis in the bar’s frigid backyard. Ca...

Local chefs, bakers partner together in cookie box collaboration to raise funds for Harambee Village 21 businesses will come together for this year's Culinary Ladies Collective cookie grab. January 19, 2021 9:55 AM Maija Inveiss Courtesy of Culinary Ladies Collective For the fourth year in a row, the Culinary Ladies Collective — a network of female chefs, cooks, producers and artisans — is launching a cookie box sale dedicated to raising funds for women’s health. In the past, the group has raised more than $60,000 for Planned Parenthood, but this year, the proce...