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1. Hailey Glassman, Jon Gosselin’s ex, celebrates star-studded 24th birthday
(Entertainment/Movies)

... her guests bottle service, and technically they did get a bottle. Fifty of the VIP guests were given one bottle of vodka; needless to say, it went quickly. The Murro's, Kim G, boxer Eric Kelly, Williams, ...

2. Kahlúa cocktails: Past and present day recipes
(Life/Style)

... to honor a feisty socialite who was the U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg. The cocktail is so named because it mixes the dark liqueur of Kahlúa, “the original spirit of Vera Cruz,” with equal parts of vodka, ...

3. An evening with famous opera singer Patrice Munsel
(Entertainment/Movies)

... from a bottle of water she said, “I just wish this were vodka.” She was interviewed, by author Brian Kellow, after an exceedingly rare showing of the 1953 film, “Melba.” Years ago, when Miss Munsel ...

4. Celebrate National Margarita Day: Recipe included
(Entertainment/Movies)

...  The margarita represents 18 percent of all mixed drink sales in the U.S., according to the New York Daily News. (The martini is second, followed by rum and coke, and then vodka and tonic.) According ...

5. Best of Jersey Shore’s Restaurant Week
(Entertainment/Movies)

... cab, to the Dauphin Grille for a sumptuous three-course dinner and cocktails featuring Tito's Handmade Vodka. After dinner, if you are too sleepy to head home; spend a somnambulant night in luxury at The ...

6. Chelsea Handler and 50 Cent have Hollywood talking
(Entertainment/Movies)

... in stitches, it inspired the then-struggling actress to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. Belvedere vodka even sponsored her current Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang book tour, which included a recent stop ...

7. Chelsea Handler blasting her critics
(Entertainment/Movies)

... and her third book, "Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang," hit the best-seller list at No. 1 when it came out, in March. Her second book, "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea," also reached No. 1. Meanwhile, ...

8. Atlantic City Food & Wine Festival by the Food Network was a fantasy for foodies
(Life/Style)

... highlighting the art of the mixed drink hosted by Van Gogh Vodka. For wine lovers, a quick course in the art of wine tasting was offered and an early evening Wine Down was hosted by FNN's Chopped host, ...

9. N.J. court rules convicted sex offender can seek public employment
(N.J./State)

... Hupka and another man visited the victim's apartment during the early morning hours of January 14, 2006. The young woman and a friend had been drinking Vodka before Hupka and the other man arrived, but ...

10. Chef Matthew Zappoli of Tre Amici restaurant in Long Branch earns redemption on Food Network's ‘Chopped'
(Life/Style)

... a pepper/jicama slaw and jicama/potato rosti. He pureed the pequillo peppers creating a sauce for the branzino. The third basket contained croissant dough, blueberry jelly beans, sesame seeds and vodka. ...

11. Ice Jacket invented for those who want the coldest drink
(Life/Style)

... that chose to freeze bottles of vodka inside large buckets of ice. "They came out pushing a cart with the bottle. It was just too much," he said. Then the so-called "table service" craze swept ...

12. Now that's funny: Tips for bathing suit shopping
(Life/Style)

... I just put the kids in bed, pour a big glass of wine and log on to Lands End. Don't get too depressed. It's summer, after all. Afternoon naps, vodka tonics, the easy laughter of children. A tankini ...

13. More chocolate mania ... and the best sweet shops at the Jersey Shore
(Life/Style)

... drink (Recipe adapted from myrecipes.com): Ingredients: 1 chocolate candy kiss, softened, but not melted so it holds its shape 3 tablespoons vanilla-flavored vodka (recommend Absolut Vanilla) 2 ...

14. In Bergen where Italian restaurants are a dime a dozen, Amarone Ristorante stands out
(Life/Style)

... peas, basil and pink vodka sauce caught my eye, but Ravioli Aragosta with/lobster ravioli in a champagne cream sauce sounded particularly mouth-watering. Our waiter suggested a combination of the two ...

15. Jersey bartenders and pro mixologists share their holiday drink specials and cocktail recipes
(Life/Style)

... His customers give a thumb's up to the Apple Pie Martini. Apple Pie Martini Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add the following: 1.5 oz Stolichnaya Gala Apple Vodka 1.5 oz Apple Berentzen 1.5 ...

16. A superior gin or vodka finds a better tonic
(Life/Style)

... he was having cocktails with friends. With so many premium brands of gin and vodka on the market, he wondered, why were drinkers forced to use tonic water that came in a plastic bottle for .99 cents a ...