Author: Camper English
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The Cool New Ice Trend In London, 1873
I was searching for some information on Wenham Lake Ice and stumbled across this article in The Food Journal, published in London in 1873. Wenham is a lake in Massachusetts and its ice was famous and exported to London (I have some interesting info about that in Doctors and Distillers), but by the time this…
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Five Summer 2022 Drink Books Reviewed
I reviewed 5 books for Alcohol Professor. The reviews are here. I've also pasted the post below, which originally appeared on AlcoholProfessor.com. The books are (links are to Amazon) The Bartender's Cure The Little Book of Whiskey Cocktails Cocktails, A Still Life Cocktails of Asia Black Mixcellence Boozy Book Reviews: Late Summer 2022New…
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Stars and Other Colored Shapes in Clear Ice Cubes
I did a new ice thing. I found online these Roks Silicone Ice Cube Tray Inserts, which press shapes, numbers, letters, etc into ice cubes. However, the trays they sell with them make cloudy ice. [note: looks like they're no longer on Amazon but here's their homepage.] So I put them on top of my…
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Improving the W&P Ice Cube Trays
I recently bought some ice cube trays from W&P Design. They have some funky new ones in blingy cubes and a star shape: But of course if you just fill them with water and freeze them normally they'll come out all cloudy and ugly: So I had planned to freeze them atop a Thermos Funtainer…
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An Interview with Me in Imbibe Magazine
In which I talk about laser beams and syphilis. Read it here.
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The New York Times Recommends Doctors and Distillers
Along with the review, the New York Times put Doctors and Distillers on their list of book recommendations for the week. Awesome!
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An Interview on KCRW’s Good Food
I was interviewed for KCRW's Good Food podcast, and they transcribed some of the interview here.
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Washington Examiner Review of Doctors and Distillers
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 drinks as one goes…
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A Review of Doctors and Distillers in Falstaff International Magazine
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 of fermented and distilled beverages,…
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The San Francisco Standard Covers Doctors and Distillers
I was recently interviewed by Astrid Kane of the SF Standard about Doctors and Distillers. You can read the full interview here.