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Arts Culture aced@clackamas. edu The Clackamas Print 5 Wednesday, May 11, 2011 By Joshua Baird Arts & Culture Editor hate it when I walk out of a bar and I can’t figure out what went into that new cocktail that I just tried. is why today I am going to go over the best websites and other resources for recipe seekers. There are too many web sites to count that claim to give you information about spirits and cocktails. The best one, of course, is www.twenty-lplus. com (OK, so that was a shame ful plug, granted, but I gotta get the shots in wherever I can, pardon the pun). The first website I would like to cover is called “Bar None Drinks” and is by far my favor ite for finding new cocktails. Think of this site as a Google search for cocktails. It is con stantly growing, thanks in part to a large number of new recipes being entered by site-goers on a regular basis. You can find this website at www.bamonedrinks. com. Next up is “Webtender,” a virtual database filled with more than 6,000 cocktail recipes. You can search by anything, from name to glass type making it super easy to use when you are trying to figure out what kind of shot you want to have at your next house party. Another awe some aspect of this website is the “In My Bar” section, which allows you to tell the website what you have in your kitchen, everything from hard alcohol to beef bouillon, and it pulls up all of the possible cocktails you can create. You can find this website at www.webtender.com. For those of us who have a great love of not getting our information from the Internet, there are literally thousands of books available on the sub ject of bartending and mixol- I Erik Andersen Clackamas Print Qgy everything from saketini recipes to shots with sexually themed names (such as a “Blowjob” and the classic “Sex on the Beach”) you’ll be able to find anything that you’re looking for. . A printed resource I would like to inform you of This is called “Mr. Boston: Official Bartender’s Guide.” This book has been published since 1935 and has been an invaluable resource to more bartenders nationwide, if not worldwide, than any other book that I have ever heard of. You can pick up a copy at Barnes & Nobles for around $15. Another resource is a book called “The Bartender’s Bible: 1001 Mixed Drinks and Everything You Need to Know to Set Up Your Own Bar” by Gary Regan. This book is a fantastic source for preparing mixed drinks, as well as a num ber of bartending basics Tor pro fessionals and amateurs alike. If you can’t figure out what was in that mystery drink using these resources, you are out of luck. Of course, you could always call the restaurant or bar and just ask. Most bartend ers will be happy to tell you the secrets to their concoctions. Salud! Disclaimer: We at The Clackamas Print do not encourage drinking to excess or underage drinking of any kind. Remember to drink responsibly. witfa books dedicated tQ- This flop was legendary By Joshua Baird Is & Culture Editor Odin's beard was “Thor” a ¡film. f rarely have I been so excited »e of my childhood favorites •in life on the big screen and ¿it Highly disappointed by Rind. in three different worlds, arth), Asgard and a ice nlanet called Jotunheim, avel Comics “Thor” suc- ■'o being a visually pleasing » film. The plot line was ■ the dialogue was adequate ■ but something was left ■Could it be perhaps talent? ■«th Branagh’s “Thor” is ■ fabled Norse gods and god- B«luding Thor, Odin, Sif and ■Jievous wizard Loki. When ■■Uic 1 icmsworth) ignores his ■ -1 and to stay in Asgard ■W to Jotunheim, he inad- ■ starts a war with the ice ■¿that world. This of course ■[Odin (Anthony Hopkins) M^his favorite son to Midgard ■ • of his godlike abilities. Upon landing in Midgard, Thor is almost immediately struck by fate in the form of physicist Jane Foster’s (Natalie Portman) van. Odin falls into a coma and since the next in line is currently banished, his youngest son Loki (Tom Hiddleston) is handed the keys to the kingdom. Any time a title is bestowed upon someone without anyone else being asked what they think (like, I don’t know, Odin’s wife: the queen and mother of both Thor and Loki), or if this person is a traitor to his race, this can only lead to bad choices, losing friends and of course Loki’s favorite hobby: genocide. The story is a tale of learning that you can’t be an arrogant jerk and still expect to be the leader of a civilization, although I am sure there are countless “leaders” now and throughout history that would disagree with that statement. Almost like a coming of age story, only for an immortal. The imagery was beautiful, and that is about the only nice thing I can honestly say about Hollywood screwing up one of my childhood favorites. 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