This spring I visited eight American whiskey distilleries, including Woodford Reserve. Woodford Reserve's distillery is in a charming setting, nestled down next to a stream in a little valley. The distillery is in a grey stone building dating to 1838, though everything inside it is new. Like most American whiskey... Read more →
I'm helping judge the third annual Wine Country Cocktail Competition, sponsored by Charbay and Perfect Puree. (That would be California's wine country, in case you were wondering.) Please see the info in the flier below for contact information to sign up. Hope to see you there! Read more →
I contributed a few write-ups to Entrepreneur Magazine's annual Best Business Bars story. It is the July issue, hitting newsstands now. I wrote about Azucar Lounge in San Francisco, Drago Centro in Los Angeles, and ROOF at TheWit in Chicago. Pick it up at the newsstand or read it online... Read more →
For this week's Fine Cooking blog entry, I created a super low-alcohol cocktail made with dry vermouth, grapes, soda water, and simple syrup. It's not brain surgery but I like it. Read more →
Brasserie S&P is the new bar in the Mandarin Oriental in San Francisco. Bar manager Priscilla Young created this menu with a focus on gin and Gin & Tonic cocktails. Project Gin and Tonic Hendricks Gin and Q Tonic Water | Cucumber 13. Beefeater 24 and Sensei #1 Tonic Water... Read more →
Join me on Twitter June 28 at 5PM EST for a Twitter chat about cocktails with TGI Friday's. The hashtag for the event is #ItsAlwaysFriday. I'm hosting a Twitter Chat Party as a mixology expert in conjunction with TGI Friday's to talk about their new summer drinks and cocktails/mixology in... Read more →
This spring I visited eight American whiskey distilleries, including Wild Turkey. The Wild Turkey brand has been around a while, but the current distillery is just three years old, having moved across the street from the old one. It's clean, modern, and spacious. Wild Turkey uses all non-GMO grains in... Read more →
On the November ballot in California is a proposed law to require labelling of genetically modified foods. This article in USA Today brought up an important exception to the law: If passed, the law would take effect July 1, 2014, requiring that all foods containing genetically engineered ingredients be labeled... Read more →