History in a glass.

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Even though milk is already Louisiana's official state drink, some lawmakers wanted to designate Sazerac the "official state cocktail." It's the first cocktail invented in New Orleans and represents "history in a glass," according to Ann Tuennerman, founder of the annual New Orleans Tales of the Cocktail activities. The drink in its original form was invented in the 1830s by pharmacist Antoine Amedee Peychaud, who fled Haiti and opened an apothecary in the French...