Food-Drinking on a Diet

In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, mixologist Jacques Bezuidenhout shakes up a cocktail in the Starlight Room of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. The first rule of drinking on a diet is, don't. Surely you saw the recent study that found that Americans were getting almost as many empty calories from alcohol as from soft drinks. The second rule of drinking on a diet is that since you probably will ignore Rule No. 1, find a way to enjoy alcohol without letting it swamp your healthy intentions. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Food-Drinking on a Diet

In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, an Agave Margarita, left, and gin Martini, right, made by mixologist Jacques Bezuidenhout sit on a bar in the Starlight Room of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. The first rule of drinking on a diet is, don't. Surely you saw the recent study that found that Americans were getting almost as many empty calories from alcohol as from soft drinks. The second rule of drinking on a diet is that since you probably will ignore Rule No. 1, find a way to enjoy alcohol without letting it swamp your healthy intentions. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Food-Drinking on a Diet

In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, is a gin Martini cocktail near a bowl of fresh ingredients in the Starlight Room of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. The first rule of drinking on a diet is, don't. Surely you saw the recent study that found that Americans were getting almost as many empty calories from alcohol as from soft drinks. The second rule of drinking on a diet is that since you probably will ignore Rule No. 1, find a way to enjoy alcohol without letting it swamp your healthy intentions. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Food-Halloween Drinks

In this image taken on Sept. 17, 2012, glasses of a Halloween beverage, Orange Haze, are served on a tray as shown in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)

Food-Halloween Drinks

In this image taken on Sept. 17, 2012, a Halloween beverage, Grape Eyeball Punch, is shown in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)

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Alcoholic Energy Drinks

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Drink in arts, culture at MAC party

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