You never know where an interview will take you. Pastures, kitchens, a locker plant cooler, board rooms, catwalks over a still. In the case of Jasper J. Mirabile Jr. of Jasper’s Restaurant, the radio. He’s off in Parma, Italy, right now, doing fun stuff like making Parmigiano Reggiano, so I get to co-host Live from… Continue Reading
Everyone has a go-to drink for weddings, work events, fundraisers—any place there’s a party bar stocked with well spirits. My mom’s was gin and tonic. She hated gin, so one would last all night. I tried that trick years ago, but it didn’t work for me. I like gin’s juniper bite and the bitter-sweet tonic… Continue Reading
After spending weeks researching cocktail trends for today’s spread in the Kansas City Star, I now have mocktails on my mind. Not the kind you drink, though. No, these are Mocktail Rings made by my neighbor. They’re pretty, they’re hand crafted and they come in a load of colors. Check out her site on Etsy and… Continue Reading
What does one do with a 26-pound lug of peaches? Eat them. Bake muffins. And, when you’re tired of that, make a batch of peach liqueur. I’ve written about infusions for years, most recently for an upcoming piece on cocktail trends in the Kansas City Star, but never done one myself. It turns out Scott… Continue Reading
It’s funny what you find while digging through old computer files. In this case, it was a column I wrote for the Kansas City Star after the 2009 Greater Kansas City Bartending Competition that, thanks to some editing snafu, never ran. But there it sat, quietly waiting for me to start blogging. So here it… Continue Reading