Category: events
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Speaking at the Museum of the Eye Dec 28
I’ll be giving a short talk at the event “Celebratory Bubbles, Not Eye Troubles” at the Museum of the Eye in San Francisco on December 28th. It’s an annual New Year event. My talk (probably a short one of 20ish minutes) is “Eye-Openers, Corpse Revivers, and Anti-Fogmatics: The Medicinal Morning Cocktail.” It’s based on stuff…
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David Wondrich & Me Nov 12 in SF
Cocktail historian David Wondrich’s latest book is the terrific Comic Book History of the Cocktail. He’ll be in SF on Nov 12, in conversation with me at Omnivore Books on Food. Here are the details of the event. It’s free to attend. If you haven’t picked up a copy of the book yet, order one…
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Modern Day Pond and Lake Ice Harvests in America
I got it into my head that I want to see a pond or lake ice harvest, despite my contempt for winter. Commercial ice harvests changed the cocktail landscape in America in the early-mid 1800s, allowing for the creation of juleps and cobblers and the popularization of the drinking straw and the cocktail shaker. Today…
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San Francisco Cocktails, Past and Present
It's unusual for me to miss days of blogging, but I've been busy writing up some stuff for SF Cocktail Week. Check out these pieces I wrote and let me know if I'm missing anything big (or am completely full of beans). San Francisco's Historic Cocktails and Barbary Coast Saloons Connecting the Past to the…
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The Upsides of Prohibition
December 5th is Repeal Day, the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition in the United States. We hear a lot about the bummer that was Prohibition, but perhaps now is a good time to reflect on the upsides. What about all the good things caused by Prohibition? – Prohibition popularized Canadian Whisky that came over the…