On a lark, I practiced my glass etching skills on a few beautiful St. George Spirits apothecary bottles, and the folks I shared them with seem to think I should run with it, so I am considering selling

Ending my Lunar New Year Party with Bitter Orange Jello Shots was a hit, so I will pass along this simple recipe.

Bitter Orange Jello Slices

6 oranges
2 cups boiling water
6 oz. package of orange Jello
3/4 cup cold water
1 1/4 cups chilled

I’ve been writing about my favorite dishes around San Francisco on HeardAbout.com for a while, and while hanging out with the founder and editor one afternoon, I persuaded them that cocktails would be a great addition to their culinary site,

My favorite mad scientists, the fine distillers at St. George Spirits have just released their first gin… and their second… and their third.  This delectable trio of new gins is incredibly diverse and unique. When I mentioned the endeavor in

A friend recently mentioned how one crafty bartender had treated her to his bitter variation of the Last Word, swapping Angostura for  gin in the  traditional recipe. I had to give it a try, and found it biting and aggressive

The most fascinating new product at this year’s Winter Fancy Food Show (at least from the drinking persective), is apparently a quarter-century old, but I hadn’t heard of it until a December.

I was planning another peaceful New Year’s eve in

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For  crooked bar owners, roofy dosers and those who just can’t drink a whole beer in one sitting, there is now

I used to brew my own beer back in the 90s, and despite excellent results, I’ve never drank a ton of beer at home, so a 5-gallon batch left me with an excess of malty goodness, the urge to sing

In my home town, there’s a rural hipster cafe where they serve a delightful little concoction called the $5 Shake.

It goes something like this:

$5Shake

16 ounces imperial stout, like Otter Creek Imerial Russian Stout
1.5 ounces espresso
1/2 ounce pure Vermont

As I tried to explain the beer brewing process to TSB a few weeks ago, I remembered that she is more of a kinesthetic and visual learner, and not so much auditory.  I knew she’d get it once she tried

I was perplexed by a couple of one-off events that Krug hosted at Tales of the Cocktail last year, but forgot about it until I ran across the photos that I took. Their brand ambassadors invited out a bunch of

I wrote this in July of 2009, right after buying an ice cream maker, and just discovered that I never posted it. To this day, I have only ever used my ice cream maker to freeze alcoholic treats.

Cherry Chocolate Port

I rarely leave San Francisco, except by plane, and the occasional trek north to wine country, so being able to get the tasting room experience without actually leaving the city would be a blessing.

Press Club has answered my lazy cry

As posted yesterday, I made a batch of nocino with TSB, but we also made  Vin De Noix, a French walnut wine.

Vin de Noix

10 green walnuts, soaked overnight and quartered
500 ml vodka
1/2 c maple syrup
1/2 vanilla bean
2 cloves
2 orange slices
1

Some people have a magic touch, and TSB‘s  furtive fingers mix the meanest sangria I’ve ever tasted, but she also makes the process quick and simple, despite the complexities that other sangria masters claim the drink requires.  The following are

If you are in San Francisco this weekend and looking for something to do, check out SpeedRack, the touring female bartender competition that’s raising money for breast cancer research.

The last time I attended SpeedRack was in Portland, and I can

I hate single-use kitchen gadgets (hot dog slicers, corn strippers, pizza shears, anything from Skymall), but so many bar tools are limited in what they can do.

I certainly am not advocating a swiss army-style cocktail tool, and yes, that really

On a lark, I practiced my glass etching skills on a few beautiful St. George Spirits apothecary bottles, and the folks I shared them with seem to think I should run with it, so I am considering selling

I was perplexed by a couple of one-off events that Krug hosted at Tales of the Cocktail last year, but forgot about it until I ran across the photos that I took. Their brand ambassadors invited out a bunch of

I mentioned recently that I ‘ve been doing some writing and photos for HeardAbout, and since then, they posted a video of me rambling about drinking in San Francisco. For once, I don’t hate how I sound on tape, so