I wrote about oleo citrate and super juice for the San Francisco Chronicle. These are techniques for increasing the yield from citrus fruits by eight times or so, using a touch of citric and malic acid powder in a specific way to bump up the flavor and texture of citrus... Read more →
I am reading The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld by Herbert Asbury for the first time as I research San Francisco cocktail history. (You can buy it on [amazon] [bookshop] to support this blog.) My impression of this book is that the “informal” part of... Read more →
My first story for Food & Wine just went live. I took advice from 95 years of cocktail etiquette books, beginning in 1930 and ending with the publication of How to Be a Better Drinker last week [amazon] [bookshop]. I had fun going through my cocktail book collection to find... Read more →
I am keeping all the year’s new drink books on this post: New Drink Book Releases in 2025 But I wanted to make sure that you saw just the new updates so I’ll repeat then here. April through May 2025 Drink Book Releases The Official Barbie Cocktail Book: 50 Dreamy... Read more →