Camper English's Blog, page 19
April 17, 2023
Dots are So Hot Right Now
I hadn’t noticed just how many different ways bartenders were incorporating the same basic shape until I saw them all together on the menu at the bistro Causwells in San Francisco. “This whole menu I just gravitated to circles,” says Elmer Mejicanos, beverage director and managing partner. “I should have called it the circle menu.”
I wrote about dots and spots in cocktails for Vinepair. Read it here!
April 12, 2023
April 9, 2023
Olives and Ice are a Weird New Pairing
Jake Emen ruminated on the newish phenomenon of people combining ice and olives. The story includes references to Disco Cubes Dirty Martini ice, garnish at Hanky Panky in Mexico City, and the cover of The Ice Book by me.
April 6, 2023
Ice Books in the Wall Street Journal
This Wall Street Journal article features both The Ice Book by me, and Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks--a Cool History of a Hot Commodity by Amy Brady.
April 4, 2023
How to Make the Stunning Artisanal Ice All Over Social Media
Writer Lisa Futterman interviewed me for this article on how to make fancy ice cubes for Wine Enthusiast.
April 1, 2023
March 27, 2023
26 New Drink Books for Early Summer 2023
This is a list of the new drink books coming out between April through June of 2023 that I know about.
You can view all of these books together at this link at Bookshop or this one on Amazon.
The Ice Book: Cool Cubes, Clear Spheres, and Other Chill Cocktail Crafts [amazon][bookshop]
Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks--a Cool History of a Hot Commodity [amazon][bookshop]
I'll Drink to That!: Broadway's Legendary Stars, Classic Shows, and the Cocktails They Inspired [amazon][bookshop]
The Perfect Mix: Everything I Know About Leadership I Learned as a Bartender [amazon][bookshop]
Backcountry Cocktails: Civilized Drinks for Wild Places [amazon][bookshop]
Tropical Standard: Cocktail Techniques & Reinvented Recipes [amazon][bookshop]
Trejo's Cantina: Cocktails, Snacks & Amazing Non-Alcoholic Drinks from the Heart of Hollywood [amazon][bookshop]
Agave Spirits: The Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals [amazon][bookshop]
The Book of Cocktail Ratios: The Surprising Simplicity of Classic Cocktails [amazon][bookshop]
Rum Made Me Do It: 60 Tantalizingly Tropical Cocktails [amazon][bookshop]
Saved by the Bellini: & Other 90s-Inspired Cocktails - A Cocktail Book [amazon][bookshop]
Fermenting Change: The Politics, Corruptions and Reform of the Three-Tier System of Alcohol Regulation [amazon]
Trap Kitchen: The Art of Street Cocktails [amazon][bookshop]
How to Taste: A Guide to Discovering Flavor and Savoring Life [amazon][bookshop]
Oregon Moonshine: Bootleggers, Busts & Brawls [amazon][bookshop]
The Absinthe Frappé (Iconic New Orleans Cocktails) [amazon][bookshop]
Eddie Muller's Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir [amazon][bookshop]
Strong, Sweet and Bitter: Your Guide to All Things Cocktails, Bartending and Booze from Behind the Bar [amazon][bookshop]
Buzzworthy: Cocktails Inspired by Female Literary Greats [amazon][bookshop]
Seasons of Cognac [amazon][bookshop]
Champagne Magnum Opus [amazon][bookshop]
Afternoon Tea Is the New Happy Hour: More than 75 Recipes for Tea, Small Plates, Sweets and More [amazon][bookshop]
Tequila Mockingbird (10th Anniversary Expanded Edition): Cocktails with a Literary Twist [amazon][bookshop]
Los Angeles Cocktails: An Elegant Collection of Over 100 Recipes Inspired by the City of Angels [amazon][bookshop]
Trappist Beer Travels, Second Edition: Inside the Breweries of the Monasteries [amazon][bookshop]
Fires, Floods, Explosions, and Bloodshed: A History of Texas Whiskey [amazon][bookshop]
March 13, 2023
Two More Stories on the Specialty Ice Trend
After the New York Times quoted me for this story:
The Height of Domestic Luxury? Designer Ice.
A few other publications have picked up the beat. The Specialty Food Association (they put on the Fancy Food Show) published this piece Specialty Ice is Trending.
And Deseret News published an explainer called Here’s everything you need to know about the designer ice trend you see on TikTok.
I probably wouldn't have noticed but both these stories quoted me and my Google news alert picked it up.
March 10, 2023
The Tiny Ice TikTok Trend
Punch editor-in-chief Talia Baiocchi writes about another ice trend on TikTok, that of teeny tiny ice cubes.
It's a fun story and she asked me to share my thoughts.
March 9, 2023
A Shout-Out in Forbes About Ice
In an interview on Forbes.com with fellow ice nerd Jonathan Baker of Portland, Maine, I get a shout-out as the originator of the directional freezing system.
The article is interesting all around and the pictures, taken by Baker, are great. You can see more on his Instagram account here.
