Elizabeth Pearce

Drinks Historian Elizabeth Pearce is the founder of Drink & Learn through which she offers virtual happy hours and in person tours, sharing New Orleans and American history through drinks. She is the host of the Drink & Learn podcast, the author of the book Drink Dat New Orleans, and the co-author of the French Quarter Drinking Companion. She was named a “Person to Watch” by New Orleans magazine and is also an educator for the Sazerac Liquor Company. Prior to creating Drink & Learn, Pearce was the original Senior Curator of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum.
She likes her desk messy and her whiskey neat.

Saffron’s Blue Steel Cocktail Recipe

Colin Williams arrived behind the bar at Saffron two years ago and has no...

Bar Loa’s Mona’s on the Bayou Cocktail Recipe

Abigail Gullo, creative director of Bar Loa, envisioned Mona’s on the Bayou as an...

Tana’s You Say Tomato Cocktail Recipe

Amber Garcia, bar manager at Tana, has spent more than 20 years sharpening her...

Cheers: Hot Tin’s She’s like a Samba Cocktail Recipe

Ricardo Flores, bar manager of Hot Tin Bar at the Pontchartrain Hotel, never planned...

Cheers: Arnaud’s Queen’s Bower Cocktail

          Arnaud’s Richelieu Bar has been serving guests drinks for over 100 years, even when...

Emeril’s Chicory Manhattan Cocktail Recipe

Alexa Bowler’s “Chicory Manhattan” features Louisiana flavors: chicory, sweet potato and sugarcane. It joins...
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Herbsaint Self Starter Cocktail Recipe

Mason Richel, bartender at Herbsaint, wants gin haters to reconsider that spirit. “People hear...

Sugarfield Sidecar Cocktail Recipe

How does a neonatologist open a new distillery? Ask Dr. Thomas Soltau, head distiller...

Parade Ready

Some bartenders dread Carnival’s chaos. Sidecar’s bartender Kelsey Gooch feels otherwise. “I love it,”...

Born to Rum

Matt Pietrek charts his professional path as “a slow evolution from Microsoft to rum.”...

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