Alcademics

I bought a stalk of sugarcane at the farmer's market and tried to extract the juice from it at home. It's not easy! Read more →

People complain that you can't get a Budweiser at Rickhouse. But do they think they should be able to get a McDonald's hamburger at Chez Panisse? Read more →

In my latest set of experiments on making clear ice in the home freezer, I try using a hard-sided Igloo ice cooler- with great success! Read on. Read more →

In my latest story for the San Francisco Chronicle, I examine how bars are now trusting consumers to make good decisions instead of putting out lists of rules about what they can't order. Read more →

I enjoyed reading this long article on alcoholic energy drinks, written by Kit Stolz for the Ventura County Reporter. After reading the long report about the sales, marketing, and consumer base of "alcopops" - caffeinated energy drinks- it seems to me that these are more like modern-day wine coolers, in... Read more →

Herbsaint is an absinthe substitute introduced after Prohibition. It was important in the Sazerac and other cocktails until absinthe was re-legalized in the US in 2007. Sazerac Co. reintroduces the original recipe for HerbsaintBy Todd A. Price December 19, 2009, 3:00PM A new bottle that looks antique will appear on... Read more →

I recently visited Delarosa, the new restaurant in San Francisco's Marina District by the owners of Beretta and Starbelly. The Beretta connection is crucial, because this new venue seems like an expansion of the other. I'm surprised they didn't call it Beretta North. (Lane Ford at Delarosa. Photo courtesy of... Read more →

The Naked Pint is a new book on craft beer styles that I really enjoyed and can't wait to put to good use. Read more →