Stories about drinks – where they come from, why they work, and how to make them
Starting a new job and spraining my right wrist pretty badly on pretty much the same day has not been good for the blog – sorry about that! As we head into spring, I’m going to focus on plants and herbs – some strange ingredients that are going to make for great deep dives. But, … Read more
I was in San Francisco last week for meetings, and you don’t know me if you didn’t expect me to hunt out a unique cocktail incorporating vermouth to write about. So I finished work, headed out into the smoke, and went hunting for a speakeasy. The Place Local Edition is (kind of) in SoMa. SoMa … Read more
I’m a sucker for a cocktail bar in the back of a no-longer-operating restaurant that still serves (what looked like) good Chinese food. If that bar happens to serve interesting cocktails incorporating seldom-used Asian ingredients, then I’m all in. That’s exactly what Dynasty Room in Seattle’s International District is, and it’s awesome. The Place A … Read more