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The internationally acclaimed festival of cocktails, cuisine and culture returns for its seventh year in New Orleans, July 8-12, 2009.
The event brings together the best and brightest of the cocktail community—award-winning mixologists, authors, bartenders and chefs—for a five-day celebration of the history and the craft of the cocktail. This year, the most spirited event of the summer invites everyone to “Stir Your Soul” with a spirited series of dinners, cocktail demos, tastings, competitions, seminars, book signings, tours and special events all perfectly paired with some of the best cocktails ever made.
To put the event in quantifiable terms you can taste, Tales of the Cocktail 2008 used 85 pounds of mint leaves, 40 pounds of super-fine sugar, 280 liters of lime juice, 350 liters of lemon juice, 1815 lime wedges, 2115 lemon twists, 2340 jalapeño slices, 50 pounds of ginger root, 12 pounds of cherries and satisfied the taste buds of thousands of cocktail lovers from across the world.
Tales of the Cocktail, a culinary and cocktail festival on July 8-12, 2009, features award-winning mixologists, authors, bartenders, chefs and designers in the New Orleans French Quarter at five days of cocktail events such as dinner-pairings, cocktail demos and tastings, seminars, mixing competitions, design expos, book-signings and much more.
Check out video of 2007's Tales of the Cocktail Winner Stacey Smith.
Book tickets and hotel rooms at: TalesoftheCocktail.com. 
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Tales of the Cocktail - Submitted by swn5363 on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 19:12.
I can't believe I haven't made it to this event, yet!
It's on my list for next year... for sure!
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