>> Top Green Hangover Remedies. In my experience, the only cure that actually works reasonably quickly is the hair of the dog, though most might consider that more a delay tactic than an actual cure.

>> How to fulfill a New Year’s Resolution while curing a hangover: Make a resolution to visit all the fancy cocktail bars in San Francisco. Writes Gregory Dicum for the NY Times:

THE bartender at the Alembic took my order for a mint julep. He unfolded a small canvas sack, which he filled with ice and laid on the bar. He took up a black bat and began whaling on the pouch, reaching above his head to pummel the bag over and over again.

He mounded the resulting gravel-sized ice in a silver cup into which followed 12-year Old Fitzgerald bourbon and simple syrup. He snapped a generous bunch of dark mint sprigs and planted it in the ice. He concealed a small straw inside the bouquet, such that my first experience of the now-frosted cup was a clean, soaring nose of pure mint. A bracing, richly sweet wash of bourbon followed close behind.

Read the article to find out which bars are taking reservations (yes, reservations at a bar).

>> How to reuse nine types of leftovers. Waste not, want not. Make your holiday dining zero waste. From leftover pot roast to cold rice. (via Lifehacker)

>> The Great Fruitcake Recycling Project. My favorite is the indestructable fort idea. (via Lifehacker)

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