What do pharmacy school, cookbooks, and Polynesian pop culture have in common?

Today’s guest, Tiki Lindy, connects those dots and a dozen more. From her early days bartending in the South to becoming one of the leading voices in the modern Tiki scene, Lindy has carved out a space all her own: equal parts chef, scholar, and cocktail alchemist.

We talk Tiki, not the Instagram hashtag, but the messy, misunderstood, intoxicating cultural wave that blends anthropology, rum, escapism, and spice. She's a cookbook author, rum nerd, science geek, and a deep thinker.

Expect to learn:

• Why "Tiki" drinks aren't what you think they are, they’re so much more

• How those Dan Dan noodles helped inspire a cookbook

• The right way to introduce whiskey drinkers to rum

• • Whether or not a hot dog is a sandwich (yes, seriously)

  
  

  Some Links Mentioned in the episode:

  • Saturn Cocktail. Try not to have too many!
  • Trader Vic's
  • Navy Strength
  • Nutcracker Old Fashioned
  • Arizona Tiki Oasis
  • Agiorgitiko Wine
  • Link to her website, where you can find all her books.

  
  

• And yes, we talk about that delicious looking Old Fashioned, and why she keeps her best recipes close to the chest…

  This episode is a deep dive for anyone who’s ever poured a drink, geeked out on ingredients, or just wanted to know how the Tiki world actually works.

  Service starts now.

  
  

  I talk to people in and around the service industry space, and people that I wish I could have heard from when I was coming up in restaurants. Altogether I am trying to make sense of this wild, beautiful mess of a life, and help others that are feeling similarly confused and/or lost. You can find more of my work at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠my blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and all my social links are at the bottom of that page.

  
  

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  -#3:⁠⁠⁠⁠My 1st and Most Powerful Conversation with Shane Alexander⁠⁠⁠⁠

  
  

  As always, I’m just here taking notes, trying to figure out what it all means.

  Cheers