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Fine Cocktails in Fine Cooking Magazine

Mar 11, 2010

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I have a story in the new March/April issue of Fine Cooking magazine. It's about the variety of ways to sweeten cocktails with raw sugars, maple syrup, agave, honey, etc. Pick up a copy to find a Mamie Taylor variation with evaporated organic cane sugar by Thad Vogler of Bar Agricole in San Francisco, an…

Better Cocktails Creep Into the Castro

Mar 5, 2010

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Camper English

in bars, camper_clips, cocktails, San Francisco

My first story written for 7×7 Magazine is now online. Castro's Last Stand Long a bastion of bad drinks and a good time, the city’s biggest party neighborhood is slowly but surely learning how to wield a muddler. by Camper English While the Tenderloin, Mission and Haight are reveling in white whiskeys and raw sugars,…

Bars Inside Other Bars

Jan 27, 2010

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Camper English

in bars, camper_clips, San Francisco

In my latest story for San Francisco Magazine, I talk about bars opening inside other bars. Photograph by Chris Brennan Make it a double These bars within bars offer patrons a choice of drinking styles.By Camper English The hottest haute cocktails require a range of syrups, bitters, fresh herbs, several types of gin, a lot…

Up in your Internet

Jan 14, 2010

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Camper English

in bitters, camper_clips, mezcal, whisky

Oh hai. I've been writing a lot of stuff lately on this new fangled thing called the internet. I did a few things for Tasting Table, like this piece on bartenders swapping out whisky in drinks for mezcal and this other one on where to get a good cocktail during the day in San Francisco. …

The Science of Sweet in the San Francisco Chronicle

Jan 9, 2010

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Camper English

in camper_clips, science, sweeteners

The science of cocktail sweeteners is Camper English’s latest story in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Why Can’t I Get a McDonald’s Hamburger at Chez Panisse?

Dec 29, 2009

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Camper English

in bars, bartenders, camper_clips, cocktails, drinking_life, food, industry news, trends

People complain that you can’t get a Budweiser at Rickhouse. But do they think they should be able to get a McDonald’s hamburger at Chez Panisse?

User-Generated Cocktails

Dec 26, 2009

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Camper English

in bars, bartenders, camper_clips, San Francisco, trends

In my latest story for the San Francisco Chronicle, I examine how bars are now trusting consumers to make good decisions instead of putting out lists of rules about what they can’t order.

SF Cocktail Geography

Oct 30, 2009

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Camper English

in bars, camper_clips, cocktails, San Francisco

Jay Barmann from SFist.com attended my talk at SF Chefs.Food.Wine and kept the handout. Today he's posted my categorization of nearly every type of cocktail program in the city, which is good, because formatting html is a pain. The categories I made up so don't get too hung up on them- it's just how I…

Nice Ice in the News

Oct 23, 2009

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Camper English

in camper_clips, ice

The Associated Press released the following story on ice today, with a quote from your favorite icesperimentator Camper English. The whole story is here. SIP: Bartending trend calls for nice ice, baby By MICHELLE LOCKE Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Erik Adkins spends a lot of time on ice. As general manager of…

Every Day with Camper English

Oct 21, 2009

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Camper English

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Run screaming to your local newsstand to pick up November's issue of Everyday With Rachael Ray magazine. I have a story in the issue about how to go out drinking with your hometown friends on the night before Thanksgiving without ending up hungover when you've got to cook all the next day. Naturally, the advice…

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