Reading & Drinking
A well crafted story is surprising and intimate, built with intent and great care to stir within you something long buried or hidden away. And, it turns out, a great cocktail will do the same. Every Friday, just in time for Happy Hour and the weekend, you can find a new cocktail post here exploring the urgent matter of reading and drinking. Expect each post to take a brief but intense look at a crafted narrative—whether it be fiction or non-fiction, graphic novel or movie or television series—and pair it with a unique cocktail, suitable and silent, as a companion along your journey. Please, leave a comment if you have one, and questions, too.
I look forward to reading and drinking with you.
“When You (Don’t) Get Better” & Remember Rage
“When You (Don’t) Get Better” has the cantor and voice of a creation story, it's poem with a how-we-came-to-be narrative that has a serious, urgent tone and that carries with it some semblance of a (dark) fairy tale. Remember Rage, the cocktail inspired by the poem, is a building storm of pear & apricot with ginger and lemon and floral heat buried beneath.
“testify”: To the Joy Around Us
“testify” by Dr. Eve L. Ewing is the dose of hopeful energy you didn’t know you were in need of, & with assertive positivity each line of the poem swells & expands until you’re enveloped and embracing the small beauties found in your days, thankful. Get Lifted, the cocktail inspired by the poem, is a bright and floral drink with chamomile-infused Reposado Tequila and perfect for toasting to the everyday joy in your life.
Desire, Coffee, and Studies Abroad
“Study Abroad”, written by Cassie Burkhardt and published online at Rattle, is a bittersweet reminder why we look back through the windows of our memory, and its cocktail is an espresso martini that replaces vodka with cognac, creating a bold, cherry-spiced core around which crème de cacao, cherry heering, and chocolatey amari are wrapped.
