Category: cocktails
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Paloma Recipe Round-Up: 20+ Paloma Variations
In my research on the Paloma I have come across many variations on the drink, so I thought I'd link to them here. Typically the Paloma is made with tequila (always use 100% agave!), grapefruit soda such as Squirt or Jarritos, a squeeze of a lime wedge and a pinch of salt. Esquire's standard recipe…
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Salad in a Glass: Arugula, Spinach, and Kale Cocktails
In my latest post for Details.com, I talk about the interesting trend of leafy green salad vegetables making their way into cocktails. Shut Up and Drink Your Salad: Cocktails Embrace Spinach, Kale, and ArugulaBy Camper English The West Coast style of cocktail in which bartenders muddle a cornucopia of fruits and herbs in their drinks…
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The Wide World of the Ward Eight
In my latest column for FineCooking.com, I talk about how the Ward Eight cocktail is everywhere these days. You know how you learn the definition of a word and then suddenly you keep hearing that word everywhere? Over the past month it has been that way with me and the Ward Eight cocktail. I had…
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Bartenders Dosing Drinks with Acid (Phosphate)
My latest post for the Details.com Daily Blog is about acid phosphate and its popularity in cocktails. I mention Darcy O'Neil's Fix the Pumps book, of course, as well as his line of acid phosphate and lactart. I name-check a few bars serving acid phosphate drinks as well, including: The Ice Cream Bar in San…
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Cocktail Trend Predictions for 2013 on the Details Blog
In my latest story for Details.com, I wrote a list of five trends for cocktails in 2013. The include low-alcohol cocktails, the butcher and bartender connection, carbonated cocktails, bulk cocktails (punches, bottles, and cocktails on tap), and new molecular techniques. Check it out! Related articles Drink Like Hemingway With Philip Greene's New Book Book Review:…
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A Huge Interview with Camper English on Eater.com
I've got something to say! Apparently. Eater.com did a big interview with me about the SF cocktail scene and now it has gone live. I blab about everything from the lack of molecular mixology in San Francisco to the death of muddling to the rise of carbonated cocktails. It goes on and on. Photo by…
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A Quick Bit on Flips on Details.com
My most recent story for Details.com is about flips: drinks made with whole eggs. In the piece I talk about silver and golden fizzes, noggs, and a few places to find flips around the country. Go check it out!