My interviews with Japp’s bar manager Molly Wellman in Cincinnati & Newport, KY’s, New Riff Distilling distiller Jay Erisman
December 1, 2020
This Issue:
— November’s 10 SF Bay Area Restaurants for Outdoor Dining, Takeout or Delivery: Notable new restaurants for New American food, cocktails, seafood, barbecue, modern Indian, Yucatecan Mexican and Jewish deli fare, plus notable greats in sushi, Italian and New American cuisine and local gems for gelato and Middle Eastern groceries.
— Gin Magazine’s Pandemic Pivots Around the Globe: I talk with 10 notable bars around the globe on how they are surviving pandemic in Paris, San Francisco, Copenhagen, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver, Singapore, Bangkok, Amsterdam.
— Distiller Bottle Column: This month I review the likes of rum, mezcal, American single malt, applejack, gin, Scotch, organic vodka, and more.
Gin Magazine: Pandemic Pivots Around the Globe
DISTILLER Bottle Column: November 2020
Published November 2020 at Distiller Magazine, my bottle column covers trends and reviews international spirits here, with taste ratings:
An Essential Guide on Where to Brunch In Pandemic
My latest article for The Bold Italic, published October 14, 2020, covers 10 of SF’s best brunch/breakfast spots, all comforting us in pandemic:
October 15, 2020
This Issue:
— Magical Outdoor Dining: In my Bold Italic article, five top restaurants killing it in outdoor dining.
— Distiller Bottle Column: This month I review the likes of elote/corn liqueur, mezcal, dill aquavit, four grain whiskey, peated Irish whiskey, dry Italian vermouth, and more.
— Travel Memories/Honoring Cultures: Favorite places, food, drink, memories and music of Peru.
— Now that Indoor Dining is Back, Here’s How To Break Bread Inside… Safely: My Bob Cut checklist and call out of city laws/restrictions.
DISTILLER Bottle Column: September 2020
Published October 2020 at Distiller Magazine, my bottle column covers trends and reviews international spirits here, with taste ratings:
Travel Memories & Honoring Cultures: Peru
… it was an unexpected surprise when visiting Peru in 2013, the great country all the way at the tip of South America, that I learned much more of the Latin country’s deep Asian roots… and fell hard for La Perla del Pacífico (The Pearl of the Pacific)…
Magical Outdoor Dining
My latest article for The Bold Italic, published October 9, 2020 (my regular Bold Italic articles here), covers five of the best parklet/patio outdoor dining spots in the city now:
Now that Indoor Dining is Back, Here’s How To Break Bread Inside… Safely
Published October 5, 2020, at Bob Cut magazine is my checklist on just reopened (September 30) indoor dining, how you can stay safe and keep hospitality industry workers safe while dining out.