Steve Shook is the Democratic nominee for Texas Congressional District 26 with a background in healthcare. Our conversation over an Old Fashioned covered a range of topics, and focused in healthcare — what's broken, who's responsible, and how to increase Washington's political will to actually fix it. 

Today's cocktail recipe - The Old Fashioned

2.5 oz whiskey
3 dashes Angostura bitters
1 dash orange bitters
1 sugar cube
1 Maraschino cherry
Splash club soda
Orange peel

add Maraschino cherry, bitters and sugar cube to a splash of club soda and muddle

add whiskey (I used Clyde Mays Alabama style, you can use bourbon or rye for your own taste)

stir 30 times and pour over glass with rocks

Burn orange peel to express oils and rim glass

Smoke with cherry wood and enjoy

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