It’s been a week since I left New Orleans but it is never far from my heart or my drink. If you haven’t tried a Vieux Carré , you really must. It was made in and named after the French Quarter, the Vieux Carré traces its origin to the Carousel Bar back in the 1930s. It’s rich and decadent and it goes down easy.

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Recipe:

  • 1/2 teaspoon Benedictine
  • 1 dash Peychaud’s Bitters
  • 1 dash Angostura Bitters
  • 3/4 ounce rye whiskey
  • 3/4 ounce cognac
  • 3/4 ounce sweet vermouth

1.Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass and fill with ice; stir well for 20 seconds.

2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass.

3. Garnish with a cherry.

4. Drink.

5. Repeat.

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Christian has been a cultural and style junkie since the age of 6; while most kids were swiping cookies, he was swiping his grandfathers' Patek Philippe. Raised to appreciate art, fashion,design and  literature (yeah, this one actually reads) by a single mother fondly called Jackie-O. Christian quickly went from childhood cultural capital thief to academia protégé. Referred to as the cat's meow by some, too clever by half by others, Christian eschewed the academic life and ran away to join the circus -the fashion circus. Several well-appointed positions later and a career on the rise would be most people's dream but it was time to say fuck off and start all over again.

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