Mariena Mercer Boarini, former lead mixologist at the Cosmopolitan, invented a powder to mimic the effects of the Sichuan flower, an ingredient in a cocktail she created for the Cosmopolitan that is a best seller to this day. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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