The Perfect Summer Drink
Taught by Sarah Lohman
Sarah Lohman is a culinary historian and the author of the bestselling books Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Foods and Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine. She focuses on the history of food as a way to access the stories of diverse Americans. Endangered Eating was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and was named one of the Best Books of 2023 by Amazon’s Editors, Food & Wine, and Adam Gopnik on the Milk Street podcast. It was a finalist for the Nach Waxman Prize for Food & Drink Scholarship and winner of the Ohioana Library Book Prize for Nonfiction. Lohman’s work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and NPR. Lohman has lectured across the country, from the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, DC to The Culinary Historians of Southern California
Nothing is as refreshing at the end of a hot New York City day as an ice-cold cocktail. In this class, you'll learn the formula for the best, on-the-fly summer cocktails.
With this interchangeable recipe, you'll learn how to build flavor by incorporating summer ingredients like fresh herbs and fruits. We'll learn how to make infused alcohols and simple syrups, then top off our drinks with citrus cocktail bitters. Finally, we'll sample the perfect summer cocktail--infinitely variable and customizable with homemade, summer-fresh ingredients.
(21+!)
