A Beer-Driven Menu

By Catharine

When Ian decided to gather some top beer writers to tap into the (hopefully) “Perfect Keg” of beer he’s been working on for three years for his book of the same title, my thoughts turned immediately to the food to serve with it.

The menu would have to be meat-heavy, I figured. The beer experts would all be male (Mirella Amato, the sole potential woman, and one of the world’s first female Master Cicerones, unfortunately had to decline Ian’s invitation). As well, on the heels of the...