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Home » ambergris

Tag: ambergris

Posted inBlogs

Whale watch: Ambergris surfaces at Billy Sunday

by Julia Thiel April 10, 2013August 19, 2021

An ambergris-laced cocktail at Billy Sunday, plus an excellent old-fashioned.

A lineup of Scofflaw's cocktails
Posted inFood & Drink

A collection of curious cocktails

by Mike Sula March 14, 2013August 19, 2021

A collection of curious cocktails: eight bartenders contribute an unusual creation to our dream cocktail list.

The year of the eel
Posted inFood & Drink

Got yak phlegm?

by Julia Thiel December 26, 2012August 19, 2021

From disappearing cocoa nib consomme to escaped eels, it was a lively year for Key Ingredient

Posted inBlogs

Breaking ambergris news

by Julia Thiel April 9, 2012August 19, 2021

Scientists have isolated enzymes in balsam fir tree bark that can be used to create a synthetic compound that replaces ambergris in perfumes.

Posted inBlogs

In this week’s Food & Drink: Pasteur, Scofflaw

by Kate Schmidt March 22, 2012August 19, 2021

In this week’s Food & Drink: Pasteur, Scofflaw, Key Ingredient ambergris

Posted inBlogs

Whale vomit in history

by Julia Thiel March 22, 2012August 19, 2021

Ambergris in Moby-Dick and the natural history museum

Charles Joly's Manatee Musk Punsch is redolent of "marine animal excrement."
Posted inFood & Drink

Key Ingredient: ambergris

by Julia Thiel March 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Charles Joly of the Drawing concocts a cocktail with ambergis (whale vomit)

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