Kara defected to writing about spirits, cocktails and bars after starting out writing about matters financial, and finance's loss is cocktail's gain!
A New York native and friend, Kara has written seven spirits- and cocktail-related books as well as her newest venture, The Cocktail Cabinet, decks of beautiful playing cards themed around a particular spirit - the first two, Gin and Whiskey, are already out in the wild - with cocktail recipes curated and in some cases created by Kara on each card.

We sat down to talk about Kara's 14 years (and counting!) run as the spirits person at Wine Enthusiast magazine, got nerdy about nerdiness in relation to coffee and martinis, then talked about martinis, the business of writing, why we're not on TikTok, and why she's looking for new vodkas to review, among a whole bunch more things - enjoy!

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Kara's website: https://www.karanewman.com/

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