An Appearance on WGN Chicago
August 05, 2022
I was a guest on a news show on WGN from Chicago. It was kinda fun! Read more →
I was a guest on a news show on WGN from Chicago. It was kinda fun! Read more →
The UK title of Doctors and Distillers is A Perfect Tonic. It's the same book otherwise. A Perfect Tonic was reviewed in Susan Low's The Kitchen Bookshelf column in Falstaff International. She writes: Drinks writer Camper English’s deep interest in science fuels The Perfect Tonic. The book explores the history... Read more →
I was recently interviewed by Astrid Kane of the SF Standard about Doctors and Distillers. You can read the full interview here. Read more →
Wine was (probably) first distilled into eau de vie in the practice of trying to make medicines and perfumes like rosewater and wormwood water. Distilling these herbs would make a preserved medicine that would last beyond the herbs' seasons. Today we'd call them hydrosols and essential oils. These were water... Read more →