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Bartender In The Kitchen

Spirited Cooking and Cocktail recipes with behind-the-scenes stories & interviews, tall tales and entertaining tips.

Bartender In The Kitchen

As a lifelong mixologist, home chef, expert entertainer and lover of all thing's food, wine & spirits, here is my recipe of the day. Sometimes a cocktail...sometimes a dish...sometimes both!

Nick Mautone Straight Up

Lessons and Learnings from my 40 Journey in the Bar & Hospitality Industry

I-Cue

Reviews, Recipes and Tall Tales from the world of Barbecue

Dry Toast - by The Dry Connoisseur, Fernando Saralegui

Here’s to us! We celebrate, gatherings and milestones with conviviality and camaraderie with little or no ABV.

Two Boys from The Bronx...Lessons in Leadership from the school of hard knocks

Nick Mautone and Dr. Pete Marghella are two friends who met on their first day of High School. 40+ years later after two divergent and successful careers, the two reflect back on the mentors, leaders and lessons learned along the way.