Alyson Sheppard, Author at Lagniappe Mobile

Participate in an international cocktail event from the safety of home

Posted by Alyson Sheppard | Sep 15, 2020 | Beer and Loathing |

Hopefully, you are reading this from a dry house, surrounded by loaves of sandwich bread and...

How to imbibe safely when you have a food allergy or sensitivity

Posted by Alyson Sheppard | Sep 2, 2020 | Beer and Loathing |

I don’t eat dairy or nuts, which makes keto an impossibility and White Russians a no-go. But that...

Screw it, let’s just get ready for the holidays

Posted by Alyson Sheppard | Aug 19, 2020 | Beer and Loathing |

The past few months have all blurred together. The events we’d normally use to mark the passage of time — graduations, Fourth of July parties, back-to-school photos — were essentially canceled, leaving us to live through the...

Mobile native wins Best New Restaurant for SoCu

Posted by Alyson Sheppard | Aug 7, 2020 | Cover Story |

Chef Erica Barrett blames Facebook. In 2018 she was an Atlanta-based caterer, using social media...

At Guncles, perfection is baked right in

Posted by Alyson Sheppard | Aug 7, 2020 | Cover Story |

The pastries at Guncles in Midtown are so good they’ve been known to bring patrons to tears —...

Nightlife deemed essential in the Nappies

Posted by Alyson Sheppard | Aug 5, 2020 | Beer and Loathing |

Photo | Top of the Bay (Best E-Sho Bar) Gabe and I walked into The River Pub in Bay Minette, a...

How to batch cocktails at home

Posted by Alyson Sheppard | Jul 22, 2020 | Beer and Loathing |

My first experience batching cocktails was last spring, when I worked at El Paso Mexican restaurant in Foley, and I spent the beginning of each shift mixing margaritas in five-gallon buckets. In bar parlance, “batching” means...