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Imbibe Contributing Editor Wayne Curtis is a designated drinker, freelance writer, contributing editor to The Atlantic and online columnist at The American Scholar. His favorite drink is the Sazerac, which makes perfect sense considering he calls New Orleans home.
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Why some city-centric cocktails never got enshrined in the canon of classics.
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