Michael Neff’s Take
At this point, most readers of this space don’t need to be introduced to Tales of the Cocktail, the annual gathering of cocktailians and mixologists that takes place in the French Quarter in New Orleans. I attended this four-day mega-conference with Serious Eats editor Carey Jones, and my intention was to post regular updates of what I saw and experienced among the jury of my peers from the streets of The Big Easy.
While my attempts at live-blogging Tales of the Cocktail fell victim to the sheer intensity of the schedule, I did participate in many events, attended several seminars, and took copious notes on what was going on around me. What follows are thoughts about the event itself, some highlights, and a few musings on why the cocktails were so bad.
