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.

Costera’s Clouds in My Coffee Cocktail Recipe

Costera’s general manager, Steve Groom, heard Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” and wondered what...

Bar Tab: St. Joseph’s Day at BAB’s, Le Pavillon’s Bar 1803...

St. Patrick’s Day may get most of the March drinking press, but that’s no...

Oxbow Rum’s Classic Daiquiri Recipe

When Olivia Stewart drove down during the pandemic from Manhattan to her family’s home...

Copper Vine’s Blackberry Spritz Cocktail Recipe

Copper Vine Bar Manager Brock Thibodaux began bartending to pay for college. His first...

Absinthe: The Allure and Lore in New Orleans and Where to...

"Absinthe has its fanatics and its victims—Noble minds drowned in this dark and sickening...

Tujague’s Decatur Sour Cocktail Recipe

Although Tujague’s Bar Manager Ariana Blakely is a local, she’d never heard of its...
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Bayou Bar’s The Ferdinand Cocktail Recipe

The Ferdinand, gracing the Bayou Bar at the Pontchartrain Hotel, is a holiday drink...

Compere Lapin’s Sur-prise Me Cocktail Recipe

Erika Flowers’ musical background serves her well behind the bar at Compere Lapin. After...

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...

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