Grab your nerf gun and goggles, kids, because we’ve got a vintage version of your favorite excuse for December Day Drinking – Eggnog! The Victorians may have enjoyed ether sniffing parties, making wreaths from dead people’s hair, and grinding up Egyptian mummies to use in makeup, but even they found […]
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Get Yourself Retro-Futuristicaly Tipsy With A FREE Copy of SteamDrunks
My fine ladies and gentlemen! It is my humble honor to inform you SteamDrunks: 101 Steampunk Cocktails and Mixed Drinks is free for Kindle users today. You can enjoy your free copy on an actual Kindle or by downloading the free Kindle app for the iPad, iPhone, or your computer. […]
12 Days of Geekmas: Top 5 Gifts for Drunken Steampunks
I happen to be co-host of FanboyTV‘s weekly live geek talk show, Fanservice. We’re counting down the 12 Days of Geekmas with a daily geek gift guide. Since I also happen to be your Kitchen Overlord, I squeezed five days of food related guides into the middle for your last […]
Charles Dickens Very Own Christmas Punch
This is one of my favorite recipes in SteamDrunks: 101 Steampunk Cocktails and Mixed Drinks. First, it’s incredibly drinkable (unlike some of the bemusingly terrifying Victorian milk drinks). Second, it’s a perfect social drink on a dark winter night. Finally, who doesn’t love pretentious authors using any excuse to show […]
What Would the Founding Fathers Drink?
This week, Kitchen Overlord is going old school in honor of Independence Day. How old, you ask? Well, if you really want to know what our founding fathers were drinking, how about some of Martha Washington’s once infamous Rum Punch or a cocktailized version of the Philadelphia Fish House Punch, […]
Mixing Drinks in Front of Horrified Onlookers
Since I happen to be the author of SteamDrunks, the good folks at Fanservice invited me onto their show to try and explain what the big deal is with all the gears and goggles. I had no idea the show’s host is utterly horrified by eggs. No joke. He […]