Quarantine Cooking Part 5: Oaxaca – Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico
This post is part of a series where we are cooking recipes from some of the Mexican cookbooks released this and last year, in the hopes that we’ll make your quarantine cooking a little more fun. Check out: Part one on Danny
Buy a whole bottle of cocktails
In today's installment of the Coronavirus Innovation Project we're featuring Guelaguetza. It is one of, if not the, restaurant that put Oaxacan cuisine on the map in the United States with a super asist by the dear departed Jonathan Gold,
Explaining the values of your cocktail mezcal selections to the customer
Our recent Spirited Conversations talk in Los Angeles this past Monday was focused on what bars and restaurants look for in choosing their cocktail mezcals. Moderator Jason Horn guided panelists Bricia Lopez of Guelaguetza Restaurante, Bryant Orozco of Madre and
Mainstream Mezcal: Mama Rabbit To Open In Las Vegas This September
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Movies, mezcal, and Bricia Lopez (who could ask for more?)
We're obviously just catching up with our rss feeds (the disappearance of google reader hit us hard) but better later than never. First up, the ever fabulous Bricia Lopez has a link to a beguiling trailer about Oaxaca's traditions that makes
An impromptu chat at Zandunga
There are so many reasons to appreciate Bricia Lopez - knowledge of mezcal being reason number one. Number two is her generosity in connecting me with her friends in Oaxaca – in this case photographer and incredibly fun Omar Alonso.
A Taste of LA with mezcal
It was a whirlwind Labor Day weekend in Los Angeles at the Taste of LA held in Paramount Studios' sprawling old New York back lot. It felt very much like a street festival with potholes and cracked sidewalks which ensured that
Pop Up Mezcaleria recap
Thanks again to all those who came out for our first Pop Up Mezcaleria with the Bold Italic! The turn out was fantastic. The mezcals: Alipus San Andres, Del Maguey Minero, Metl Blanco, Pierde Almas Joven, and Wakaha Reposado in the
Mezcal tasting in San Francisco!
Join Mezcalistas Max Garrone and Susan Coss as well as Guelaguetza's Bricia Lopez this July 25th for a mezcal tasting at San Francisco's Bold Italic. It's a ticketed event so make sure to grab yours before they're gone. We'll be tasting Alipus,