Interview

IFBC 2105 Part 3: Interview with Christopher Testani

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IFBC 2105 Interview with Christopher Testani

IFBC 2105 Interview with Christopher Testani (Photographs courtesy of Christopher Testani)

At IFBC 2015 in Seattle, one of the highlights was the photography session with Christopher Testani. Since I do all the photography for my blog, it’s always great to get photography tips, as well as exposure to different styles. During the presentation, Christopher showed different slides of his travels around the world, and before he started talking about the photo on the screen, I knew it could only have been taken in Peru. As it turns out, I recognized several of the Peru photos from an article I had seen a few months ago, before I knew who he was. Inspired by our Peru connection, I had the pleasure of interviewing Christopher about his experience in Peru, and in the process learned more about all the preparation, planning, and research required to take these photos.
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A Conversation with Duggan McDonnell about the Pisco Punch, the Cocktail of San Francisco

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The Pisco Punch at Cantina, San Francisco

The Pisco Punch at Cantina, San Francisco

San Francisco has attracted travelers and fortune seekers to the West Coast since the Gold Rush Days, a time when one of its most notorious neighborhoods was known as the Barbary Coast. At its border, in the heart of the City’s financial center is where the most important cocktail in San Francisco’s history was born, the Pisco Punch, at the Bank Exchange Saloon. You might think, then, that the Pisco Punch is the official cocktail of the City, but it isn’t. Not yet. Not because it lost out to the Martinez or to Boothby’s Manhattan, but because  in spite of San Francisco being a renowned culinary destination, it does not yet have an official cocktail. But that is about to change, and in this conversation with Duggan McDonnell, Barman and Founder of Campo de Encanto Pisco, Pisco Trail learned about his campaign to make the Pisco Punch the official cocktail of San Francisco.
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