I'm doing some historical research and came across this article from 1905 - just before the Pure Food & Drug Act was enacted. (See Doctors and Distillers for more about that!) This is from the "Truth" newspaper from Salt Lake City. It lists the alcohol percentages of many bitters and... Read more →
A very nice review by Kevin R Kosar in The American Spectator! Walk into the average American grocery store and you will see the spices in one aisle, herbal cures in another, and beer and wine somewhere else. Over-the-counter medicines have their own section, and drugs are locked up behind... Read more →
My book was longlisted for the Andre Simon Food and Drink Book Awards! They're in the UK so it's the UK title that is listed - The Perfect Tonic. Sounds like a great excuse for you to pick up a copy and find out what all the hype is about! Read more →
Doctors and Distillers was featured in two three four five six seven eight gift guides this season! Vinepair includes it among The 10 Best Booze Books to Buy This Holiday Season. Robert Haynes-Peterson recommended it as a gift on AlcoholProfessor.com. Frank Whitman recommended it on CT Insider. And A Lush... Read more →
I made a (hopefully) fun little quiz based on the information in Doctors and Distillers. Fill it out below, or if the formatting is funky the direct link is here. Loading… Read more →
I appeared in a half-hour segment on Wisconsin Public Radio talking about booze and medicine in support of Doctors and Distillers. Listen here. Read more →
I read about a reference to distillation in the Pirotechnia, so I decided to look up the book. According to Wikipedia, "De la Pirotechnia is considered to be one of the first printed books on metallurgy to have been published in Europe. It was written in Italian and first published... Read more →
DrinkHacker posted a nice review of Doctors and Distillers. English does an excellent job diving deep into the symbiotic history between medicine and alcohol, but he skillfully avoids the dry, academic presentation of information with a light touch and informal accessibility usually absent in alcohol history books. Reviewer Rob Theakston... Read more →