“From a consumer point of view, ordering a martini — essentially a two-ingredient drink — and being served from a premade mix feels insulting,” said Alyson Sheppard, a beverage and food writer for the Robb Report who joined in the Twitter exchange.
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Letter From The Editor (Edible Lower Alabama, Winter 2019)
This issue marks a full year that we’ve been printing Edible Lower Alabama.
Letter From The Editor (Edible Lower Alabama, Fall 2018)
The first time I heard of muscadine wine, I was an adult, listening to a Jason Aldean song.
Letter From The Editor (Edible Lower Alabama, Summer 2018)
There’s a fine line between embracing summer in Lower Alabama and enduring it.
Letter From The Editor (Edible Lower Alabama, Spring 2018)
Welcome to Edible Lower Alabama!
Classes at Bar Institute Dallas Announced (BarInstitute.com)
Bar Institute, the premier program for peer to peer education built by and for the bar community, will host classes in Dallas focused on the business of the bar. Writer Alyson Sheppard will lead the seminar "How to Get the Media to Pay Attention to Your Bar."
Welcome to Edible Lower Alabama (EdibleLowerAlabama.com)
Alyson Sheppard has been named publisher and editor in chief of the soon-to-launch Edible Lower Alabama, where she will cover food and drink from Montgomery to Mobile.
Finalist: Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Award for Best Cocktail & Spirits Writer
Tales of the Cocktail has named Alyson Sheppard a finalist for its Best Cocktail & Spirits Writer Spirited Award. The winner will be announced in July.
Semifinalist: Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Award for Best Cocktail & Spirits Writer
Tales of the Cocktail has named Alyson Sheppard a semifinalist for its Best Cocktail & Spirits Writer Spirited Award. Finalists will be announced later in June.
Finalist: IACP Award for Narrative Beverage Writing
The International Association of Culinary Professionals has nominated Alyson Sheppard for its Narrative Beverage Writing award for "Where Are All The Weed Cocktails?" on Playboy.com.
The Taxi Cocktail Took Us for A Ride (AutoBlog.com)
Why does the Taxi Cocktail exist, and from whence does its automotive connection derive? Our intrepid investigative skills and panel of drunken experts provide assistance.
Bartender At Large Podcast: Diversity, BBQ and the Playboy Mansion (iTunes.Apple.com)
"For those of you that have gone drinking in Houston or peeked within the pages of Playboy magazine over the last couple of years, you might be familiar with our guests this week, Bobby Heugel (Anvil Bar & Refuge) & Alyson Shepard (cocktail & nightlife writer for Playboy Magazine). Tune in as we chat about ignoring emails, Houston's rivalries, and getting press for your bar."