Toby Cecchini

I survived Covid19; I’m not certain the bars I own will be as lucky. Here’s my @nytimes op-ed today: nytimes.com/2020/05/22/opi…

@AndrewBohrer @BTParsons @amandagoodeye Not much of that carried about. Astor Wines does have a few in their dessert wine section; weak on vin santos though.

@BTParsons @tobycecchini @amandagoodeye, you guys got any tips?

NYC/Brooklyn people, got a friend out there looking for a shop with Passito specifically or maybe a passable Vin Santo, any help?

@MarilynWhipple @chandrabooks @IRSnews We’ve been going to, and completely loving, PJ’s in Wellfleet for those same 20 years; I can’t recommend it highly enough, just down the road and actually a fair sight better than Arnold’s.

@chandrabooks Disgusting. And the apology is almost as disgusting. (BTW, @IRSnews, you may want to take a look at this all cash biz.) We've been patrons for more than 20 years. No more. Plenty of great places on the Cape to get great seafood.

@MaureenLangloss 2.) fruit, or you can simply doctor the cordial to taste with powdered citric acid, sold as “citric salt” at Sahadis. But remember that a cordial should be thick and sweet if you intend to add fresh lemon or lime juice to the final drink it’s intended for.

Hi @tobycecchini! Husband and I had some blood oranges so we decided to do one of your cordial style preparations. Not sure it’s got enough sour to be interesting. But it sure is pretty. Any thoughts on what to do with it? Thanks!

@MaureenLangloss Some citrus, like oranges, grapefruits, bergamots and pomelos, just don’t have the requisite acid to balance out a cordial properly. I do one of two things; you can combine them with lemons or limes to make a compound cordial that still retains the forthright aromatics of the

@swmckay @kingcocktl @anguswinchester That sounds pretty tasty!

@kingcocktl @anguswinchester @tobycecchini First, I am not worthy. That being said, I humbly submit the “Country Cousin” – Plymouth gin, Cointreau, fresh rhubarb syrup, fresh lime juice.

@anguswinchester @kingcocktl Absolut Citron, and Cointreau. Lime juice and Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail. 80’s style...

@MaureenLangloss I didn’t know Jenny Offill had a new book out; gonna steal that one.

The pandemic & grief & homeschooling have been terrible for my writing. But, wow, have I read a lot of truly fantastic work during quarantine. I would highly highly recommend every single thing on this table.

@realDonaldTrump @VP @MarkMeadows @nytimes YES SIR! REAL PATRIOTS KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT #BountyGate - you did NOTHING WRONG!!! youtu.be/dtkJCSk-u0A

@JasonLett This is going to be the story moving forward: blood in the gutters.

@notacrime @CreativeDrunk @DavidWondrich I actually don’t know of anything bitterer. I brought a bottle of it to my sister, who thrives on the clangiest amari going, and she flat-out couldn’t take it. Not a straight-up potable.

Bought this the other day, (thought the bottle looked cool and I like an Amaro) but damn, it's the bitterest thing I have ever tasted! Any ideas for cocktails? @CreativeDrunk @DavidWondrich

@benbrunnemer That’s a dangerous slope right there.

@KyleSMcLaughlin @ideasimprove I have used lavender simple for years in, I swear to you, the best drink I’ve ever concocted, so I can vouch for it. But you’re not wrong; it can also bring thst quintessence of grandma’s undie drawer to the wrong knife fight.

@ideasimprove Tried a lavender simple syrup once. While probably can be great in a cocktail, just made me think I was drinking dryer sheets.

@maxwatman @DavidWondrich That’s Picon Bières, ahem.

@DavidWondrich Some day we will again and I look forward to it.

All of the @DavidWondrich Lo-fi Lush Hour posts are great, but number 48 is in a class of its own. It’s Derby Day. Cheers!

@winenshine Now that’s just plain cute!

@SarahVBleach1 @holly_bourneYA I’m now heading towards five weeks and still have back almost nothing, maybe, as you said, 10%. It’s ominous. I got onto this thread while researching whether anyone’s saying for certain how long this might take, or whether it may in fact be permanent, which would be insufferable

@holly_bourneYA This is super helpful, thanks for this! I feel less alone and tbh this is the worst symptom - I’d happily take my fever back, people don’t realise! I’ll be 3 weeks this Friday without taste/smell - I’m at 10% getting it back now I feel. Anyone else take this long to recover?

@alcademics Welcome to the world of The Old, Camper!

@alcademics Done that so many times in Europe, I couldn’t count. The hidden red-eye flights fuck you from the start. Power on, Camper.

nytimes.com/2019/10/01/din… via ⁦@nytimes⁩ Amazing(ly horrifying) piece by Priya Krishna about the abjectly usory practices in cookbook publishing; nothing I didn’t know, but astonishing to see brought to print: brava👏

@AndrewBohrer I’ll get in on that with you as a class-action deal.

If there is ever a Surpreme Court case called “The United States vs Bohrer” you’ll know its about drinking Underberg on a plane.