Friday, November 16, 2007

UPCOMING HOLIDAY EVENTS

TALES OF THE TODDY
Wednesday, November 28
Hotel Monteleone
214 Royal St.
6-8:30pm

Presented by Tales of the Cocktail, Tales of the Toddy presents holiday treats to warm your soul. The seasonal celebration offers tastings of toddies, nogs, hot buttered rums, mulled wine and more, along with desserts and delights from the areas best and most gifted mixologists and chefs. The cheerful toast to the holidays will also feature killer cocktail modeling by Febe, book signings by Kit Wohl & Lorin Gaudin. Proceeds benefit The New Orleans Culinary and Cultural Preservation Society. For more information please call 504-558-1840. Tickets are $20.00 and are on sale now!


RUM FIELD TRAINING SCHOOL
Saturday, December 8
11:30-3pm
Cafe Adelaide & Celebration Distillation

Tales of the Cocktail, with support from The Museum of the American Cocktail, presents a one-day rum boot-camp course and tasting. The day begins with a welcome cocktail at Café Adelaide and an historical review of rum by local author Wayne Curtis, followed by a tour of Celebration Distillation, home of award-winning Old New Orleans Rum. Lunch follows with cocktail pairings by bar chef Lu Brow back at Café Adelaide.
The Rum Field Training School is dedicated to everything about rum – its raucous role in American history, how it is made, how geography and aging alters its taste, and how to enjoy it: straight up, in cocktails, and paired with food. Tickets are $150 per person and space is limited, so make your reservation today...go to www.talesofthecocktail.com


SAVVY GOURMET RUM TASTINGS & GIFT BASKET IDEAS

Holiday gift baskets are now available at local gourmet store & cooking school Savvy Gourmet, and Old New Orleans Rum is proud to be featured in the "Local Favorites" basket!

Before you buy, enjoy a free Old New Orleans Rum tasting at Savvy:
Saturday Nov. 17, 11:30am -1:30pm
Saturday Dec. 1, 11:30am -1:30pm
Saturday Dec. 15, 11:30am -1:30pm

Please visit www.savvygourmet.com for more details.

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