Gastro Obscura: Pantry Potables

The bars may be closed, but that doesn't mean you can't whip up something delicious in your own kitchen. Meryll Cawn, a friend of Atlas Obscura and long time wine, beer, and spirits professional based in San Francisco, will lead you through our debut of Pantry Potables. This online experience will teach you how to make incredible cocktails with everyday items that may already be sitting on your kitchen shelves.

We'll begin with tea infusion cocktails, making both a Manhattan variation with Pisco and a Collins with gin, and close out the experience making an Oleo Saccharin Shrub and French 75 variation. What is a shrub, you ask? You'll just have to join us to find out all the tips and tricks of manning the bar (or kitchen counter...) at home.

We're keeping ingredients required for this experience pretty basic, so just make sure to have the following on hand if you want to join Meryll in the cocktail making:

- Your favorite tea in bag or loose leaf

- At least 6oz of your favorite spirit

- A pitcher or large glass mixing bowl

- A strainer

- 1 cup of sugar

- 2 grapefruits or oranges or 4 lime or lemon

- Vinegar

- A muddler/meat tenderizer/pestle

- A peeler

Bartending is Meryll's first love and after this experience, we think you may be able to stir up the same affection for it right inside your pantry.

Once registered, you'll receive a password-protected link to participate in the Zoom experience in your confirmation email. You will also be sent a list of ingredients and supplies in advance so they can follow along with the hosts! If you can't follow along, the experience will be recorded and shared with participants for future viewing.

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This online experience is part of Atlas Obscura’s Wonder From Home initiative. At Atlas Obscura, our mission has always been to inspire wonder and curiosity about the incredible world we all share. Now, more than ever, there’s a need to stay connected—not only to our sense of wonder, but to each other. Follow and share the hashtag #wonderfromhome for inspiring stories, more incredible online experiences, and live streams with the Atlas Obscura community.