If you attended Tales of the Cocktail - virtually or in person - you have access to some recorded seminars. I watched and this post reports on one of those seminars: From Usquebaugh to Aqua Fructum: The Early Modern English Origins of English Gin By Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller... Read more →
In which I talk about laser beams and syphilis. Read it here. Read more →
Along with the review, the New York Times put Doctors and Distillers on their list of book recommendations for the week. Awesome! Read more →
I was interviewed for KCRW's Good Food podcast, and they transcribed some of the interview here. Read more →
For the Washington Examiner, Jacob Grier reviews Doctors and Distillers: The recipes are a welcome addition, since, as befits the subject matter, Doctors and Distillers is not a dry text. The history is lively, told without getting too bogged down in details of medieval medicine, fermentation, and distillation. Mix the... 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 →