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on November 07, 2008

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According to today's Times (London not New York) Mark Ronson has made jelly popular once again (that's Jell-O in American English). Funny how long it's been around. The jelly shot pictured here is from a Jerry Thomas recipe. It's one we suspect he picked up on his visit to London before he wrote his great bartending book.

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