This Issue:
— June’s Top 10 Bay Area Restaurants: 10 SF newcomers and longtimers, including standouts in upscale Chinese, bagels, bakeries, caviar, dim sum, modern Thai, hoagies, sandwiches, Cuban, Colombian and American comfort food.
— Creatively Using Asian Ingredients in Bars Around the World: My Gin Magazine cover story (with recipes), talking Asian ingredients in cocktails with standout bars in San Francisco, Bangkok and Singapore.
— State of Distilling Now in Kentucky: Talking to a range of locals and industry experts, my Distiller magazine “deep dive” into the current state of distilling and the drink industry in Bourbon capitol, Louisville and Kentucky at large.
— 5 Queer-Run Restaurants & Cafes: For Pride, five of SF’s great queer-run or influenced spots from a seafood legend to Cajun/Creole destination in my Bold Italic feature.
— Distiller Bottle Column: In my latest column, I review shochu, mezcal, American whiskey, Irish Whiskey, gin, tequila, bottled cocktails and RTDs (canned cocktails/drinks).