Alyson Sheppard is a food writer and hangover specialist based in the South.

City In A Glass: Seattle (PasteMagazine.com)

City In A Glass: Seattle (PasteMagazine.com)

Seattleites prefer their cocktails like they prefer their coffee: brown and bitter. You’ll find lots of cocktails made with bourbon, rye and amaro, but surprisingly, not many made with coffee. For being the java capital of the United States—and the hometown of Starbucks and Seattle’s Best Coffee chains, in addition to many other small roasting companies—you’d expect an abundance of coffee cocktails on its bar menus. 

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/01/city-in-a-glass-seattle.html

Chef's Corner: Chris Santos on His New L.E.S. Restaurant and Why He’ll Never Be Pushed Out of Manhattan (Playboy.com)

Chef's Corner: Chris Santos on His New L.E.S. Restaurant and Why He’ll Never Be Pushed Out of Manhattan (Playboy.com)

Chef's Corner: Chef Chris Shepherd on Houston, Vietnam and What’s Missing From Culinary School (Playboy.com)

Chef's Corner: Chef Chris Shepherd on Houston, Vietnam and What’s Missing From Culinary School (Playboy.com)