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    Eat your drink

    Live leeches, cow brains and dried manure. Matthew Biancaniello ate them all before finding his way to LA's craft cocktail movement. Now he forages and scours farmers markets to source 15-ingredient Bloody Marys and concoctions that feature uni and emu eggs. Biancaniello's favorite recipes are compiled in the new book, Eat Your Drink .

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    By Evan Kleiman • Apr 29, 2016 • 1 min read

    Live leeches, cow brains and dried manure. Matthew Biancaniello ate them all before finding his way to LA's craft cocktail movement. Now he forages and scours farmers markets to source 15-ingredient Bloody Marys and concoctions that feature uni and emu eggs. Biancaniello's favorite recipes are compiled in the new book, Eat Your Drink. Find a recipe for his “Lost in Laos” cocktail on the Good Food blog.

    Music: "I Mean You" by Thelonious Monk and "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

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