Last week, DBTH stopped by the International Culinary Center to attend a Seasonal Mixology course, taught by DBTH favorite Michael Cecconi of Savoy and the Back Forty. The course was a two hour run trhough the mixology basics, giving the home mixer basic concepts, lessons on thinking outside the cocktail box, and most important, cocktail and spirit tasting. Michael implored his students to buy local whenever it was possible, and always use fresh, seasonal ingredients. Other key take-aways from the expert:

• On hangovers: "The only reason people get hangovers is they drink too much"
• On buying vodka: "Buy local. No plastic bottles. No Trump."

By the end of the class, we had tasted 4 types of spirits and 4 cocktails, including a now in season Meyer Lemon Mojito and a Concord Grape Sazerac. We walked out of there a little buzzed, a lot more knowledgeable about mixology, and wistful that our own education wasn't similar to the event.