11710 How to Improvise When You Don’t Have a Cocktail Strainer Sat Jun 20 15:27:00 -0700 2009 http://www.chow.com/stories/11710 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:27:00 GMT A good workaround for an underequipped kitchen A good workaround for an underequipped kitchen. http://www.chow.com none 14 CHOW Tip 1

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How to Improvise When You Don’t Have a Cocktail Strainer

Michael Cecconi is the mixologist at New York’s Back Forty; he also works at the Savoy and teaches at the Institute of Culinary Education. He uses two glasses as a workaround when he’s without a strainer.

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