Five Ways To Midnight

January, 2008

THE MORNING-AFTER DRINK, IMPROVEDWe gave up making resolutions years ago, and January 1 is no longer the day of reckon­ing in college football. But the New Year's Day tradition we never fail to observe is putting down a couple of bloody marys to ease the pain from the previous night's excesses. Something about the tomato flavor suggests the bloody is doing you some good even though it's just as toxic (or more so, if made well) as the cocktails you drank the night before. Here's a slightly differ...