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Wayne Curtis

Wayne Curtis is the author of And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails and has written frequently about cocktails, spirits, travel, and history for many publications, including the Atlantic, the New York Times, Imbibe, Punch, the Daily Beast, Sunset, the Wall Street Journal, and Garden & Gun. He lives on the Gulf Coast.

A woman in a blue suit strolls down a New Orleans street with a brass band

Travel

Secret courtyards and brassy jazz bars. Elegant cocktails and go cups. Spontaneous parades and super bowl–size hospitality. Here’s your guide to tapping into New Orleans’ everyone-is-welcome energy

A hot cocktail in a glass sits by a half-eaten cookie and a silver platter with a silver tea pot and a bottle of gin

Recipe

Madeira, citrus, and a bit of Victorian flair come together in a Dickens-approved winter sipper

Glasses of whiskey cocktails

Food & Drink

Standout Volunteer State distillers are making up for lost time

A bottle of tepache next to a pineapple cocktail

Recipe

Tame the dog days with a pineapple-powered Mexican classic

Two women prepare quesadillas with squash blossoms in Teotitlán del Valle, near Oaxaca.

Travel

Chef-led culinary trips bring guests to the flavors of Mexico, France, and beyond

A green cocktail with lime

Recipe

With these quality spirits, your tropical cocktail doesn’t have to taste like sunscreen. Plus: A recipe for a fresh coconut daiquiri

A table with plates of food

Food & Drink

How to work with the Gulf South’s ever-shifting bounty? Change the menu weekly

A pink drink splashes as a strawberry goes into it. The glass stands against a blue background

Food & Drink

The Music City bar whips up something sweet and bright for the surge of partygoers

A copper still in a distillery. Next to the still, there is a taxidermy longhorn head.

Food & Drink

In spite of—or maybe because of—the state’s challenges for whiskey makers, Texas is producing some truly distinctive pours

A grouping of martinis with lemon peels with peach amaro on a copper table

Recipe

Get a jump on peach season with this cheeky sipper

A bar cart spread of bourbon, Benedictine, ginger, tea, and bacon

Food & Drink

Elevate your pour with ginger, tea, bénédictine, or bacon for surprisingly splendid sips

Inside a dark, elegant bourbon bar with velvet green chairs, leather sofas, and a tall bar with a ladder

Food & Drink

From vast libraries to a vintage emporium, these recently opened bars keep bourbon front and center

A king cake, sliced, with white icing drizzle, yellow, purple, and green spinkles, and a small pink plastic baby

Arts & Culture

Carnival season is so much more than a Fat Tuesday

A gold platter of cocktails with lime garnishes and ice. The platter is on a red tile background with a sliced lime, shaker, ice, and glasses

Drinks

Little libations that pack a big punch

Recipe

Yo, ho, ho, and a Belizean bottle of eco-friendly rum. Plus: a tropical, punchy cocktail recipe

Recipe

Try the Capote Cooler, aka AI on the rocks, for yourself

Our Kind of Place

A quiet paddle away into a Louisiana marsh, Fort Proctor straddles time and space

Food & Drink

Add a Southern twist to your cocktail for a refresher with zing

Recipe

An Asheville bar shares its bright idea for making the most of an orange

Drinks

A classic Caribbean liqueur blends with bourbon to bewitch the senses