Maggie Hennessy

Same Dream, Different Roads Lead to Rum

By Maggie Hennessy Feb. 19, 2019

Three of the country’s foremost craft distillers—the trailblazing Karen Hoskin (Montanya Distillers); the financial theorist Bridget Firtle (Owney’s Rum); and the erudite Maggie Campbell (Privateer … Read More

Compère Lapin's curried goat, sweet plantain gnocchi, roasted tomatoes, cashews, and cilantro. Photo courtesy StarChefs.

Caribbean Cuisine Claims Its Fine Dining Voice

By Maggie Hennessy Jan. 15, 2019

Dinner at Compère Lapin, Nina Compton’s heartfelt restaurant that weaves together the cooking of her native …

Rum Old Fashioned, Three Dots and a Dash

Protean Rum Breathes Life into the Classics

By Maggie Hennessy Dec. 4, 2018

Hot on the heels of Chicago’s rum-fueled tiki movement, bartender Peter Vestinos opened the chic, 1930s-styled …

What’s a French Vintner Doing Making Rum in Texas?

By Maggie Hennessy Oct. 23, 2018

Benjamin Calais didn’t come to the diminutive Texas Hill Country town of Hye to make rum, or even wine for …

Exotic rums of the world. Photo by Matthias Merges.

Rare Rum Sleuths Mend Broken Links to Our Drinking History

By Maggie Hennessy Sep. 24, 2018

Sipping rum from a decades-old bottle might be one of our closest analogs to time travel. Visit Havana in 1958 …

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