ARTICLES BY MICHELLE LOCKE/ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Toast the end of 'Mad Men' with the era's classic cocktails

From Don Draper's old fashioneds to Roger Sterling's smuggled-in Stoli, cocktails have played a deliciously major role on AMC's "Mad Men." But was it really that great an era to drink?

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

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The future of food?

Printed pastries with individually tailored nutrient levels. Ravioli that assemble themselves. Wedding cake toppers that are exact, tiny, renditions of the happy couple. It's all possible thanks to a fresh meeting of taste and technology that has chefs exploring what 3-D printing might mean for the future of food.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Distillers get hopping mad for new liquor flavoring trend

A new flavor is brewing in the world of craft liquors as distillers borrow from the beer world and add hops for an aromatic twist.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS AGO

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Bourbon's back

Hoping to get your hands on a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle 23-year-old bourbon? Hope on. The wildly popular ultra-premium bourbon is legendarily difficult to find and when it is spotted - there's even a Pappy Tracker app for that - it's quickly sold out.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO