One last call with drinks writer Brad Thomas Parsons

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One last call with drinks writer Brad Thomas Parsons

“And then suddenly, last call hits. And it's this transition period where everyone is gone. It's quiet. It's up to you what you do with that energy: It can be negative; it can be positive."

Brian Hogan Stewart

Oct 31, 2019

Today, we're excited to welcome BRAD THOMAS PARSONS to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks, in our first-ever DRINKS WEEK. This week, we're releasing four all-new episodes with some of the leading authors of recent cocktail and wine books.

Brad is the author of several cocktail books, including Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, which won both the James Beard and International Association of Culinary Professionals cookbook awards. He also wrote Amaro: The Spirited World of Bittersweet, Herbal Liqueurs, and a super fun volume titled Distillery Cats: Profiles in Courage of the World’s Most Spirited Mousers. And in his latest book, Last Call: Bartenders On Their Final Drink And The Wisdom And Rituals Of Closing Time, he asks a variant of the age-old last-meal question to bartenders across the country: "What would you last drink be?”

ALSO IN TODAY'S SHOW:

> Recipes for paid subscribers: The Kona Swizzle and the Almost Perfect Cocktail.

> Celia Sack from Omnivore Books joins us.

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