LUPEC Boston USO Show Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center, 85 West Newton Street Friday, November 21, 7-11 pm, $45 Bostonist believes that raising public awareness of forgotten liqueurs, putting vintage barware to good use, and bringing delicious drinks back from the brink of extinction is enough public service for one organization, but the local chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails has also taken it upon themselves to raise funds for local women's......

This is the weekend of "The Game," which guarantees that the bars of Cambridge will be clogged with "Teh Douche." Bostonist is researching the thematically-correct home-drinking alternatives: Harvard Cocktail 1 1/2 oz. cognac (Bostonist used Germain-Robin XO) 1 1/2 oz. red vermouth (we used Martini & Rossi) 3 dashes Angostura bitters Stir, strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Twist lemon peel over top and then rub the rim with it. Garnish with rubble of global......

This Bostonist owns many a compact, black and white volume of cocktail recipes, with small type and bare diagrams. Mixologist, booze consultant, and Museum of the American Cocktail founder Dale DeGroff's new book is, by contrast, a large, typographically lush (and generally lush) book of cocktail recipes with near-pornographic photography of perfect drinks, shivering in their garnishes. The Essential Cocktail is lovely, and, if we learned anything from its launch party at Drink on Monday......

LUPEC Boston, the local chapter of that august sisterhood Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails, celebrates the second edition of their Little Black Book of Cocktails tonight at Grand. (Further details here—there will be punch!) The book features Matt Demers's photography, which makes Boston's most attractive bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts look like Louise Brooks, pearls and all. The book's proceeds will benefit the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans’ Women’s Unit. Bostonist corresponded......

So, you didn't listen to your momma, and you didn't drink water or eat nibbles as you poured booze down your gullet. Or, more appropriately, Bostonist didn't drink water or eat nibbles--an eagle-eyed commenter caught us boozing early. So here are three lists of hangover remedies that you might be able to use right about now: Forbes: Why listen to a bunch of stock jockeys? Because the biggest deals happen during martini lunches, and they......