Here is a list of 31 drink books coming out near the end of 2023! This isn't every cocktail book coming out (and there are plenty of beer and wine ones I didn't include) but a selection of them. Happy reading or gifting or just putting them on your coffee... Read more →
Here are some new or new-to-me products that have hit store shelves lately, as seen on my Instagram account. Read more →
For the San Francisco Chronicle, I wrote about the Chartreuse shortage and how some bartenders are looking locally to Brucato Chaparral as a stand-in. Read more →
Sunset Magazine published several excerpts and lovely photos in this story. Read it here, or just pick up a copy of The Ice Book, or join me in one of my Ice Bling Classes! Read more →
In a new story on Wine-Searcher, W. Blake Gray covers ice and whiskey: Are you ruining your prized Pappy van Winkle with the wrong ice cube? Whiskey lovers spend a lot of time pursuing the best one-off bottlings. But you may not have put much thought into the only thing... Read more →
For this article on Liquor.com, writer Audrey Morgan interviewed Don Lee and I extensively. Whether it’s the mountain of crushed ice on a Mint Julep or a single oversized rock in an Old Fashioned, the right ice can set the right mood, and take a drink from good to great.... Read more →
I had a little unexpected treat today, when I saw The Ice Book mentioned in this story "Is Ice the Ultimate Luxury?" in T, the New York Times Magazine. This is the third time the New York Times has written about my little book on ice cubes! Read more →
Tammy Coxen is producing an ongoing video series in which she is going through her grandmother's vintage mini-bottle collection, learning about the products, and then tasting them with other people. I was a guest on her My Tiny Bottles video series and together we tasted a circa 1980s maraschino liqueur... Read more →
I wrote a story for the San Francisco Chronicle about cobblers, mostly Sherry Cobblers. Read it here. While hot weather bears down on much of the country, summer in San Francisco is more of a state of mind than a change in the weather. And many bartenders around the city... Read more →
After reading my book Doctors and Distillers, Harold McGee (On Food and Cooking) pointed out to me that proof of distillation in ancient India (supposedly from the fifth century BCE) is not as well established as previously thought. Many histories on distillation cite work from 1979 that claims that elephant... Read more →