74: Crafting a Drinks Book with Danny Childs

Kristin and Molly speak with Danny Childs about his new beverage book, Slow Drinks; its origination, proposal stages and how the pandemic affected its creation. Danny shares his background in ethnobotany, how he altered his writing voice from academic to narrative and the process of making these recipes adaptable to non-local foraging readers. He talks about the book's photography, illustration and design process, the books that inspire him and the new business venture he is starting.



Hosts: Kate Leahy (https://www.kateleahycooks.com/) + Molly Stevens (https://www.mollystevenscooks.com/) + Kristin Donnelly (https://kristindonnelly.squarespace.c...) + Andrea Nguyen (https://www.vietworldkitchen.com/)


Editor: Abby Cerquitella (https://abigail-cerquitella.squarespa...)



 



Mentions
 


Danny Childs / Slow Drinks Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/slowdrinks/...)


The Farm and Fisherman (https://www.fandftavern.com/)


Slow Food International (https://www.slowfood.com/)


Edible Magazine (https://www.ediblecommunities.com/)



 


Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/everythingc...) to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the show

• Slow Drinks (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97819584...) by Danny Childs
• Meehan's Bartender Manual (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97816077...) by Jim Meehan
• The Dead Rabbit Drinks Manual (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97805443...) by Jack McGarry, Ben Schaffer and Sean Muldoon
• The PDT Cocktail Book (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97814027...) by Jim Meehan and Chris Gall
• Death & Co (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97816077...) by David Kaplan, Alex Day and Nick Fauchald
• Bitters (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97815800...) by Brad Thomas Parsons
• Amaro (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97816077...) by Brad Thomas Parsons
• The Art of Fermentation (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97816035...) by Sandor Katz
• Wildcrafted Fermentation (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97816035...) by Pascal Baudar
• The River Cottage Preserves Handbook (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97815800...)
• Jerry Thomas (https://bookshop.org/contributors/jer...)
• Imbibe Magazine (https://imbibemagazine.com/)
• Salt Fat Acid Heat (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97814767...) by Samin Nosrat