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Zesty Lemonade Pisco at Omnivore Books

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Zesty Lemonade Pisco

Zesty Lemonade Pisco

One of my favorite pop-up venues in San Francisco is hands-down Omnivore Books. Why? Not only do I get the pleasure of supporting the authors that stop by to talk about their new books, but I get to surprise the audience with Pisco cocktails and Peruvian desserts. And who doesn’t like surprises? Would you like a Pisco cocktail? Yes please! The cocktails and desserts that I make for an event at Omnivore Books are often inspired by the author’s book, and for Toby Sonneman’s Lemon: A Global History event I enjoyed making a Zesty Lemonade Pisco cocktail and a dessert with Pisco and lemon zest.
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Maricel Presilla at Omnivore Books

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Gran Cocina Latina at Omnivore Books

Gran Cocina Latina at Omnivore Books

Last Monday, I had the pleasure of serving a Pisco cocktail and Peruvian dessert at Omnivore Books where Maricel Presilla took the audience on an intimate and personal journey through Latin America and spoke about her new book, Gran Cocina Latina. In the process, she asked the audience “what is Latin America?” and gave us a sense of what it was like to travel to different countries over a period of three decades, cooking with the locals, learning about tradition, and compiling recipes to share with the world.
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Bitters and Pisco at Omnivore Books

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For the past few weeks, I was brimming with excitement and counting the days until Tuesday’s event at Omnivore Books — a talk on the history of bitters and cocktails by Brad Parsons, author of Bitters, A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All. And though I’ve attended many fabulous events at Omnivore before, this time I was delighted to stand… Read more →

February Events

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These are some of the February events I am planning on checking out — a couple of book events where I’ll be transported to France and Asia, more practice slurping coffee, an introduction to baking bread and of course, a celebration of Pisco on National Pisco Sour Day. Feb 3: Lunch in Paris @ Omnivore Books, San Francisco Feb 5:… Read more →