They had great beers in South America already, but adding this totally out-there fruit element lent a really cool profile to some of the beers. I went to Brazil for the first time and got to try a bunch of Amazonian beers made with Amazonian fruit. You’ve had a few travel-packed months-any notable discoveries along the way? It’s been really great because even though I know some of these cities pretty well, seeing it through a personal vision is awesome. In each place we find a local food expert who shows us what they love about the food in their city right now. In the first season we go to eight cities, ranging from my hometown of Los Angeles to Honolulu, Nashville, New York and Amsterdam.
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The show is called Off Menu, and it’s the perfect little cousin to the website. Randomly and simultaneously, my friends over at Tastemade had a show concept where they wanted to combine food and travel. One of those recipes is the Spiked Horchata Cocktail, inspired by a favorite bar in my neighborhood in Los Angeles- Gracias Madre-where they make a really drinkable, easy mezcal horchata cocktail that’s my go-to pairing when I eat there. The impetus was really to create recipes that act as “food souvenirs” or memories of awesome food travels. Imbibe: You have some exciting new projects in the works-how are those shaping up?Īida Mollenkamp: I recently launched a new website called Salt & Wind, where we cover our favorite people in different cities and their food finds, as well as our recipes inspired by our own travels. We chatted with Mollenkamp about her favorite food-and-drink discoveries, shooting a new show, and why she’ll always come home to LA.
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Her latest food- and drink–fueled adventures include the launch of a new website, as well as a web series (Off Menu) dedicated to finding the taste of place. A familiar face across cooking networks, Los Angeles native Aida Mollenkamp has hosted a series of shows for the Food Network, Cooking Channel and Yahoo, among others.