the how-to guide for living life one cocktail at a time
When your daughter tells you that she wants to go into hospitality, it’s usually not a big deal, unless she is 12 years old. Mariantonietta Varamo was set on a career in hospitality against the wishes of her parents, who knew it would take her […]
Respect for the seasonality of foods was ingrained in our guest today as a child. In Norway, food foraging is a family tradition and Monica Berg spent her younger years collecting strawberries, mushrooms and other local treats to enjoy right away or preserve for later. […]
Growing up on a farm and then moving to Italy at 19 can change your life. It certainly did for our guest today, Rob Patchett, Regional Sales Associate for Cotswolds Distillery. A gap year became nine years, when Rob refused to come home. He […]
It took one married couple to produce one of the most recognizable brands in the world. In almost every bar in almost every country, there sits a bottle of Maker’s Mark Bourbon with its signature red wax covered bottle neck. Marjorie and Bill Samuels were […]
In the 7th C., St. Kevin was the most popular guy in Glendalough, with followers from both near and wide. I think my guest today might now have usurped that moniker. Gary McLoughlin is one of the co-founders of Glendalough Distillery, the first craft distillery […]
While you are sipping an Old-Fashioned, did you ever stop to consider how the combination of bourbon, sugar and bitters came to be? Stop no longer, I have the answer for you, or one answer, for as David Wondrich, the award winning cocktail writer says […]
Whom do you call when you are opening a new bar and have no idea what cocktails to serve? Whom do you call when you want to create recipes for bottled cocktails that fly off the shelves? I know whom I would call – Liquid […]
What a pleasant coincidence it is to have James Goggin, Brand Advocacy Manager of Maverick Drinks, on the show the week of St. Patrick’s Day – I promise it wasn’t planned. Like a true seanchaí, he weaves the tale of his life in such a […]
Six months into bartending and your boss suggests you enter the Havana Club Grand Prix. What’s the worst that could happen? The worst that happened to our guest today, Ninon Fauvraque from Le Queue du Coq Bar in Annecy France, is that she won the […]
How is it possible that Ian Hart ever did anything but create his own gin, in his own home, from a still he built himself? He was a born inventor. As a child he was the mad scientist on the street – tinkering with one […]