A former baker an bartender, Hannah Kirshner is founder of Sweets & Bitters. She works as a writer, recipe developer and food stylist and based in Brooklyn, NY (with frequent trips to Japan).

The Japanese Way to a Better Highball
Ice, whiskey, soda—that's all there really is to a whiskey highball, right? Not so in Japan. Hannah Kirshner on what the experience of a traditional tea ceremony taught her about…
- story: Hannah Kirshner
- photos: Lizzie Munro