The Happiest Hour Has Free Cocktail Classes

Jeff Bell, director of bars at Legacy Records and Charlie Bird, teaches free one-hour cocktail lessons every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Ada’s Place, the bright bar upstairs at Legacy Records. Mr. Bell features a different spirit each week and demonstrates two cocktails made with it, all served for tasting. Cocktail School, reservations open on…

New York vs. Grubhub

Seamless, the food delivery service started two decades ago in Midtown Manhattan, calls itself “the most New York app in New York.” In advertisements, the company cracks jokes about the L train and takes unsubtle jabs at New Jersey. “Eat Like a True New Yorker,” one subway ad declares. But while the delivery giant Grubhub,…

Blood, Money, Oil. And Clothes.

PARIS — In a large circular chamber covered in periwinkle blue velvet and hung with curtains all around, seats curling outward in snail shell tiers, Demna Gvasalia of Balenciaga convened his parliament. Then he scented it with Blood and Money and Petrol (after starting with a bit of Anti-Sceptic, literally: he had perfumes made for…

The Book for Cider Lovers

Should you have any thought of creating an apple orchard and making craft cider to sell, your first year’s efforts are likely to run $27,755. That’s what Andy Brennan, who co-owns Aaron Burr Cider in Wurtsboro, N.Y., calculated in his biographical book on the subject. What’s most interesting about this very readable volume is how…