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.

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.”...

Keeping it Simple

Though most cocktail menus feature a range of clever, obscure or even vaguely pornographic...

Extra! Extra!

Michael Glassberg, the Eliza Jane Hotel’s Head Bartender, shares the hotel’s history through his...

Heart Song

When Ellie Larios, bar supervisor at the Kimpton Hotel Fontenot’s Peacock Bar began bartending...
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Fall Flowers

Saba’s Lead Bartender Will Strout started making cocktails before he could drive. “I asked...

Sign of the Times Cocktail

When Lydia Salter creates a new drink at Gianna, it’s likely to be as...

Practice Makes Perfect

When Lydia Salter creates a new drink at Gianna, it’s likely to be as...

Funky Town

The rum-filled menu and lush tropical atmosphere of Cane & Table give bar manager...

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