A little alcohol can boost creativity and strengthen social ties. But there’s nothing moderate, or convivial, about the way many Americans drink today.

What happens when the chefs behind North America’s most hedonistic restaurant quit drinking.

A son on his father's career behind the bar.

Excerpted from Two and Two.

A conversation with (and memories of) an unscrupulous bar owner.

College is when we first get drunk. Euripides’ The Bacchae can help us learn how to do it right.

As a mother and son share cocktails on the porch, past problems are discussed and imagined.

"She was aware of the resonance of her son's voice. She guessed the neighbors were used to it by now, and would assume Bradley was having another mental fit. They didn't know how hard these family deaths had hit her son, and how tough it was to keep him from getting aroused, or agitated, a word his therapist used a lot. She knew too, that her son, like his father, was persistent and could fixate on things."

The story of a New York City bar and its owner, Old John McSorley.