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Cooking and Cocktails Collide In New Video Series
October 4, 2012 – Following on the success of her latest cocktail book Edible Cocktails: Garden To Glass (Adams Media, 2012), Natalie Bovis, aka: The Liquid Muse, brings the marriage of cuisine and mixology to her new online video show Edible Cocktails: Kitchen Meets Bar. As an established media presence and consultant in the global mixology movement, The Liquid Muse has remained in step with food and beverage trends, bridging the gap between the spirits industry and savvy consumer since 2006.Bovis’ passion for using fresh, seasonal ingredients in both food and drink reaches to a wider audience through this informative and entertaining how-to video series, broadcast monthly at TheLiquidMuse.com, In The Mix Magazine and other partnering online food and beverage media outlets.The premiere episode of Edible Cocktails “Pumpkin Pomegranate Puree” went live in September 2012. It instructs viewers on incorporating seasonal pumpkin and PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur into a delicious side dish that can also become a delightful cocktail ingredient. Upcoming topics include all-natural jellies using certified organic OM Cocktails; and PAMA whipped cream used in delightful dessert trifle as well as a hot-toddy style winter drink topped with a creamy garnish.Future episodes will include spirits and liqueurs of all varieties, vinegar-based fruit & vegetable shrubs, candied garnishes, Natalie’s signature Absinthe brownies, and spirit infusions in both cooking and cocktails. The simple, easy-to-follow recipes are posted alongside the videos at TheLiquidMuse.com.For more information about the series, The Liquid Muse or how to become part of the series by way of distribution or featured product, contact: Natalie@TheLiquidMuse.com Book - Edible Cocktails: Garden to Glass (April 2012)Your favorite food is fresh, local, and homemade–and now your cocktails can be, too! Whether you’re plucking fresh mint from your own garden or buying buckets of juicy blackberries from the farmers’ market, taking these inspiring ingredients from garden to glass is what Edible Cocktails is all about. And mixing unique, delicious drinks like a Lavender Gin Sour or a Basil Grass Lemon Drop is easier than you think. The book includes full-color photographs, more than 150 recipes and chapters on planting your own “cocktail garden;” Utilizing seasonal, fresh product, infusting spirits and make homemade liqueurs, creating homemade syrups, purees, and jams, using eggs, dairy, and even meat in your drinks.Recommendations:“With Edible Cocktails Natalie takes you on a fun, entertaining yet informative journey from the garden to the glass and does not miss a beat along the way. She shows you what you need to know, the tools of the trade, glassware and ingredients to fashion delicious, fresh, seasonal libations. She’ll have you mixing like a pro in no time…enjoy the ride!” Tony Abou-Ganim, The Modern Mixologist“Just when you think that every angle in the cocktail world has been covered, along comes The Liquid Muse with Edible Cocktails. And a darned good book it is, too. Natalie has her own style, her own take on things, and she puts lotsa love into every single one of her drinks. Nobody does it better than Natalie Bovis.” Gary ‘Gaz’ Regan, Gaz Regan“It never fails; give a talented creative person too much free time and this is what you get! ... A wonderfully detailed look into the world of the ‘culinary cocktail movement,’ The Edible Cocktail, by Natalie Bovis.” Dale DeGroff, King CocktailHighlight Reviews:USA Today: Top 10 Cocktail Books of the Summer LA Weekly: Cooking and DrinkingEveryday with Rachael Ray: May 2012 issueMore press links on TheLiquidMuse.com Bio – Natalie Bovis:After 2 decades in the hospitality industry, Natalie Bovis developed a passion for mixology and founded TheLiquidMuse.com in 2006. She is the author of Preggatinis™: Mixology for the Mom-to-Be (2008); The Bubbly Bride: Your Ultimate Wedding Cocktail Guide (2009) and Edible Cocktails: Garden To Glass Seasonal Cocktails with a Fresh Twist (2012).During the course of her career, thus far, Natalie has judged cocktail competitions worldwide; served as a jury member for the Spirited Awards at Tales of the Cocktail (2010); the Los Angeles Spirits Competition; and taught seminars at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans and the Bols Academy in Amsterdam; as well as sat on panels at the Nightclub & Bar Show in Las Vegas and Arizona Cocktail Week. She has also taught The Liquid Muse Sustainable Sips® organic cocktail classes to consumers around the U.S.Natalie has consulted and / or developed recipes for brands such as Lipton Tea, Tropicana, Welch’s, Nestle, Sutter Home Wine, Beam Global, Skyy vodka, Camarena tequila, Knob Creek bourbon, Pinky vodka, among others. She is the co-developer of OM Cocktails which hit retail shelves in Whole Foods and specialty liquor stores in Summer 2012.The Liquid Muse cocktails – with and without alcohol – have been featured on national TV such as E! Entertainment; WE Network’s “Platinum Babies;” Nickelodeon’s “5th Hour,” and on Martha Stewart Radio. The Liquid Muse Mixology appears in multiple publications including Everyday With Rachael Ray, USA Today, LA Weekly, Wine Enthusiast, Pregnancy Magazine, US Weekly, American Way Magazine, The Bump.com, Daily Candy, People.com, among many others. Natalie has also created drinks for celebrity events ranging from the Playboy Mansion to her signature Preggatinis™ at celebrity baby showers in Los Angeles.Subscribe to Natalie’s weekly podcast “One for the Road” on iTunes produced by Tom Leykis; her own video series “Edible Cocktails: Kitchen Meets Bar” (2012) “Inspired Sips” (since 2008) on SmallScreenNetwork.com, and The Liquid Museletter to keep in step with cocktail trends. She is currently based in Santa Fe, NM and presents monthly Mixology segments for New Mexico Style morning show (Fox).