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Cocktail class alert!! Next Wednesday @frinklepodfarm preregistration required- sign up on the farms website⚡️🪴 includes a signed book @chelseagreenbooks If you already happen to have one, they make excellent gifts!
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I feel like right now is the crescendo in the symphony of flowers and the serenade of new life is lifted and carried by bird songs. I held a woodpecker fledgling in my hand and felt its tiny heart beating like a promise... our hearts will burst OPEN like peonies, reckless and almost irresponsible in their beauty... summer is the season of full sensuality- embrace your senses, yield to pleasure... be at home in the body as your individual experience speaks to the soul of all things. Flow into the rhythm of divine timing. Love and be loved... 🕊️💓

Now is such a special moment to capture and create from nature... learn how to mix the fruits and botanicals of the season into next level herbal tonic elixirs✨🌿

Cocktail class alert!! Next Wednesday @frinklepodfarm preregistration required- sign up on the farms website⚡️🪴 includes a signed book @chelseagreenbooks If you already happen to have one, they make excellent gifts!
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I feel like right now is the crescendo in the symphony of flowers and the serenade of new life is lifted and carried by bird songs. I held a woodpecker fledgling in my hand and felt its tiny heart beating like a promise... our hearts will burst OPEN like peonies, reckless and almost irresponsible in their beauty... summer is the season of full sensuality- embrace your senses, yield to pleasure... be at home in the body as your individual experience speaks to the soul of all things. Flow into the rhythm of divine timing. Love and be loved... 🕊️💓

Now is such a special moment to capture and create from nature... learn how to mix the fruits and botanicals of the season into next level herbal tonic elixirs✨🌿

Hyperseasonality; capturing the moment in a liquid format. Drinks as Art. Elixir craft- drinks as potions, carriers of photochemistry. Herbal tonics- the sipping equivalent to forest bathing🍵✨🌳

Doing a couple of farm-based classes coming up as part of Botanical Barcraft book promotion and outreach. I'll be sharing some tips and tricks from my past 10 years as an 'apothecary bartender.'

If you feel inspired to join in the fun,...

Frinklepod Farm on the Strawberry 🌕 Moon 🍓June 11

Vernon Family Farm June 26

Sign ups on their websites, preregistration required.

📸 @shannon.m.shipman from a few years back at Rooted Heart Farm @rootedheartcafe

Hyperseasonality; capturing the moment in a liquid format. Drinks as Art. Elixir craft- drinks as potions, carriers of photochemistry. Herbal tonics- the sipping equivalent to forest bathing🍵✨🌳

Doing a couple of farm-based classes coming up as part of Botanical Barcraft book promotion and outreach. I'll be sharing some tips and tricks from my past 10 years as an 'apothecary bartender.'

If you feel inspired to join in the fun,...

Frinklepod Farm on the Strawberry 🌕 Moon 🍓June 11

Vernon Family Farm June 26

Sign ups on their websites, preregistration required.

📸 @shannon.m.shipman from a few years back at Rooted Heart Farm @rootedheartcafe

✨What inspires you?✨

For me, it's the cycles... being a part of nature's rhythms.

I love activities that I do every year at the same time, and in time, these actions become muscle memory... as easy as breathing...

The world is a mind fuck if you think too hard about it, but everything that's beautiful is as simple as can be.

Actions are prayers...

"Work is love made visible " ~K. Gibran

" if you want to kiss the sky, you better learn how to kneel" ~U2

✨What inspires you?✨

For me, it's the cycles... being a part of nature's rhythms.

I love activities that I do every year at the same time, and in time, these actions become muscle memory... as easy as breathing...

The world is a mind fuck if you think too hard about it, but everything that's beautiful is as simple as can be.

Actions are prayers...

"Work is love made visible " ~K. Gibran

" if you want to kiss the sky, you better learn how to kneel" ~U2

Herbal elixirs class @rootedheartcafe this Friday!! 🌷💓✨ pre-reg required!

Herbal elixirs class @rootedheartcafe this Friday!! 🌷💓✨ pre-reg required!

Headed to beautiful green Vermont for a few book signings along with tonics & cocktail classes this weekend!! Foraging wild violets💜 & made some really yummy wild forest Vermouth✨🪄@chelseagreenbooks

@brattleborofoodcoop @barrhillgin

Headed to beautiful green Vermont for a few book signings along with tonics & cocktail classes this weekend!! Foraging wild violets💜 & made some really yummy wild forest Vermouth✨🪄@chelseagreenbooks

@brattleborofoodcoop @barrhillgin

✨Time to sign up for a Spring tonics & Elixirs class at New Morning Natural Foods in Kennebunk! 🌸🌱🥂✨🌷The class is on Friday May 2 from 5-6 and costs $10 for materials to attend. Pre-registration required due to limited space! Stop into the store or send a DM.

Join Cassandra, author of Botanical Barcraft; A guide to the Art of Apothecary Cocktails & Herbal Tonic Elixirs for a workshop on how to make your own scratch-made botanically inspired non-alcoholic drinks at home. Copies of her book will also be available for signing.

(P.S. Have you seen our new book section upstairs!? 📚)

✨Time to sign up for a Spring tonics & Elixirs class at New Morning Natural Foods in Kennebunk! 🌸🌱🥂✨🌷The class is on Friday May 2 from 5-6 and costs $10 for materials to attend. Pre-registration required due to limited space! Stop into the store or send a DM.

Join Cassandra, author of Botanical Barcraft; A guide to the Art of Apothecary Cocktails & Herbal Tonic Elixirs for a workshop on how to make your own scratch-made botanically inspired non-alcoholic drinks at home. Copies of her book will also be available for signing.

(P.S. Have you seen our new book section upstairs!? 📚)

The essential paradigm shift is that GOOD HEALTH is something we create and nourish proactively, with regular attention...much like growing a garden. It's all about building up a foundation of practices that water and nourish and build the tissues in our body and our soul/ energy ~ it's about relearning, going from the inside out rather than the outside in... being stuck in survival mode does nothing but make us SICK - we may be the sickest culture that ever lived...
I think about it all the time ~ how can we be well? How can we heal? Because even when we eat well, sleep, hydrate and exercise we poison ourselves with EMFS constantly, heavy metals in the sky, other peoples pharmaceuticals in our water... ? Those of us who are sensitive and do everything to be well but somehow we're still sick- it's incredibly frustrating!
I've been musing about writing a novel and also thinking about the idea of watching the story of myself from the outside, what would the character need to do next in order to be transformed? On this same note, if we were viewing the whole story of humanity from the outside, what would we need to do next to liberate ourselves?🦅

The essential paradigm shift is that GOOD HEALTH is something we create and nourish proactively, with regular attention...much like growing a garden. It's all about building up a foundation of practices that water and nourish and build the tissues in our body and our soul/ energy ~ it's about relearning, going from the inside out rather than the outside in... being stuck in survival mode does nothing but make us SICK - we may be the sickest culture that ever lived...
I think about it all the time ~ how can we be well? How can we heal? Because even when we eat well, sleep, hydrate and exercise we poison ourselves with EMFS constantly, heavy metals in the sky, other peoples pharmaceuticals in our water... ? Those of us who are sensitive and do everything to be well but somehow we're still sick- it's incredibly frustrating!
I've been musing about writing a novel and also thinking about the idea of watching the story of myself from the outside, what would the character need to do next in order to be transformed? On this same note, if we were viewing the whole story of humanity from the outside, what would we need to do next to liberate ourselves?🦅

I had so much fun building this bar cart with @broccolibike

I'm sad to let it go but I'm just not doing as many events anymore... letting it go for just a little more than it cost to build at $3500..

Antique wood - preserved with Shou sugi ban, Amish made wheels, frame welded by Scotty
The top and the wheels come off to make it portable- would make a pretty impressive farmers market set up or mobile bar for events...
DM for measurements! & please share with anyone you know who might love it!!!

I had so much fun building this bar cart with @broccolibike

I'm sad to let it go but I'm just not doing as many events anymore... letting it go for just a little more than it cost to build at $3500..

Antique wood - preserved with Shou sugi ban, Amish made wheels, frame welded by Scotty
The top and the wheels come off to make it portable- would make a pretty impressive farmers market set up or mobile bar for events...
DM for measurements! & please share with anyone you know who might love it!!!

I'll be signing copies of my book
✨Botanical Barcraft; A Guide to the Art of Apothecary Cocktails and Herbal Tonic Elixirs✨ at Barnes and Noble @bnsouthportland this coming Sunday April 6 at 1 P.M. if anyone wants to pop in and say hi!📚👩‍🏫🍸

I'll be announcing the dates via Spring newsletter for the Vermont leg of my book tour shortly and several farm-based cocktail workshops close to home once I get the details finalized!!

📸 @jennbakosphoto

I'll be signing copies of my book
✨Botanical Barcraft; A Guide to the Art of Apothecary Cocktails and Herbal Tonic Elixirs✨ at Barnes and Noble @bnsouthportland this coming Sunday April 6 at 1 P.M. if anyone wants to pop in and say hi!📚👩‍🏫🍸

I'll be announcing the dates via Spring newsletter for the Vermont leg of my book tour shortly and several farm-based cocktail workshops close to home once I get the details finalized!!

📸 @jennbakosphoto

🍵THE POWER OF HERBAL TEA!!! 🍵

Such a savior during seasonal transitions, for tonifying and nourishing the tissues of the body as well as helping to warm and moisten when the body is having a harder time maintaining its temperatures and overall homeostasis...

In case you don't know, you always want to steep your tea COVERED to prevent the volatile oils (like aromatic terpenes) from escaping with the steam into the air... these contain much of the medicinal benefits, particularly with nervine teas- these compounds are antispasmodic to all the smooth muscles of the body/ the muscles surrounding all our major organs- GI, heart, lungs...

In the realm of cocktails and elixirs, you can use a warm tea base mixed 1:1 with raw honey to make a "honey tea syrup" (upgraded simple syrup)

Master the basics of preparations with chapter 2 in my book #BotanicalBarcraft @chelseagreenbooks for all your mixing magic at home🌱✨🥂🧪

📸 @jennbakosphoto

Copper bar spoon @dmgdesignsmaine

Some of my favorite local sources for botanicals and tea include:
@rootedheartcafe
@meetinghousefarm
@powerfarm_herbals
@botanically_curious
@homegrownherbtea
@newmorningme

🍵THE POWER OF HERBAL TEA!!! 🍵

Such a savior during seasonal transitions, for tonifying and nourishing the tissues of the body as well as helping to warm and moisten when the body is having a harder time maintaining its temperatures and overall homeostasis...

In case you don't know, you always want to steep your tea COVERED to prevent the volatile oils (like aromatic terpenes) from escaping with the steam into the air... these contain much of the medicinal benefits, particularly with nervine teas- these compounds are antispasmodic to all the smooth muscles of the body/ the muscles surrounding all our major organs- GI, heart, lungs...

In the realm of cocktails and elixirs, you can use a warm tea base mixed 1:1 with raw honey to make a "honey tea syrup" (upgraded simple syrup)

Master the basics of preparations with chapter 2 in my book #BotanicalBarcraft @chelseagreenbooks for all your mixing magic at home🌱✨🥂🧪

📸 @jennbakosphoto

Copper bar spoon @dmgdesignsmaine

Some of my favorite local sources for botanicals and tea include:
@rootedheartcafe
@meetinghousefarm
@powerfarm_herbals
@botanically_curious
@homegrownherbtea
@newmorningme

🌱🌱What are three medicinal plant tonics you wouldn't be able to survive without?! (Starting a conversation below in the comments!!⬇️)

Pictured Tulsi 'Ocimum sanctum' 📸 @rebeccaepinkham

🌱🌱What are three medicinal plant tonics you wouldn't be able to survive without?! (Starting a conversation below in the comments!!⬇️)

Pictured Tulsi 'Ocimum sanctum' 📸 @rebeccaepinkham

✨SEEDS ARE WISHES✨

(Sentiment Inspired by @t_and_a_with_heather recent astrological post about metaphorical seeds)

Staying in tune with nature's rhythms is my salvation and the only way to know what true love and real health means.

I'll be likely sharing a lot of gardening content this season as it's where a big part of my focus is now.

I do have some elixir and botanical-focused workshops coming up this Spring and some more book related events for 2025. Will be sending out my Spring Equinox newsletter update next week, so keep a look 👀 out in your emails!

✨SEEDS ARE WISHES✨

(Sentiment Inspired by @t_and_a_with_heather recent astrological post about metaphorical seeds)

Staying in tune with nature's rhythms is my salvation and the only way to know what true love and real health means.

I'll be likely sharing a lot of gardening content this season as it's where a big part of my focus is now.

I do have some elixir and botanical-focused workshops coming up this Spring and some more book related events for 2025. Will be sending out my Spring Equinox newsletter update next week, so keep a look 👀 out in your emails!

So honored to be featured in this UK Mind-Body-Spirit magazine! 💗

Thank you & Cheers to sipping lots of plant potions 🍵💫

Spring is coming!!🕊️

"Kindred Spirit is the UK’s leading guide to all things mind, body and spirit. The magazine was founded in 1987 by Richard Beaumont and Patricia Yates, following the inspiration of ‘The Harmonic Convergence’ in which thousands of spiritual seekers gathered at sacred sites throughout the world. Seeing so many different people and spiritual paths, yet sensing a common direction of deep respect for natural wisdom and a yearning for higher truth, Patricia and Richard created Kindred Spirit to offer a platform to serve such wisdom and higher truths."

So honored to be featured in this UK Mind-Body-Spirit magazine! 💗

Thank you & Cheers to sipping lots of plant potions 🍵💫

Spring is coming!!🕊️

"Kindred Spirit is the UK’s leading guide to all things mind, body and spirit. The magazine was founded in 1987 by Richard Beaumont and Patricia Yates, following the inspiration of ‘The Harmonic Convergence’ in which thousands of spiritual seekers gathered at sacred sites throughout the world. Seeing so many different people and spiritual paths, yet sensing a common direction of deep respect for natural wisdom and a yearning for higher truth, Patricia and Richard created Kindred Spirit to offer a platform to serve such wisdom and higher truths."

✨Celebrated turning 35 today!!✨ the light is returning, so some of my lovely friends and I went to the greenhouse @wentworthgreenhouses and bought some new house plants🪴 ( and then got some cocktails, of course!! Delicious ones @sonnysdover )

Cheers to the age of ♒️⚡️
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🌱Planning some more #botanicalbarcraft @chelseagreenbooks book events for the Spring & designing the 2025 garden!

So much love to you all!

~Cassandra

✨Celebrated turning 35 today!!✨ the light is returning, so some of my lovely friends and I went to the greenhouse @wentworthgreenhouses and bought some new house plants🪴 ( and then got some cocktails, of course!! Delicious ones @sonnysdover )

Cheers to the age of ♒️⚡️
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🌱Planning some more #botanicalbarcraft @chelseagreenbooks book events for the Spring & designing the 2025 garden!

So much love to you all!

~Cassandra

My new favorite place @rootedheartcafe

The sweetest community spot for nourishment and botanical love! 🪴💓

My new favorite place @rootedheartcafe

The sweetest community spot for nourishment and botanical love! 🪴💓

For those participating in Dry January, I'd love to share this herbal tonic recipe from my recently released book ✨Botanical Barcraft ✨where half the seasonally inspired recipes are (more than) "mocktails."

I have been drinking different variations of grapefruit+bubbles+ nervine tinctures all week, which inspired me to shake this recipe with you! The one I'm drinking today (not in the book, but just an aside) is fresh grapefruit juice with @fevertreemixers tonic water Rose elixir and Saint John's wort tincture ... trying to help stave off seasonal depression by keeping the energies of the body moving!🌞

A few of the recipes in the book include herbal tinctures from well known companies (because not everyone wants to make their own tinctures)... such as in this 'Free the Qi' recipe which includes their companies beautifully formulated Happiness Tonic ✨

Grapefruit is one of my favorite nonalcoholic mixers because the sour taste engages the liver! Especially useful if you are craving a cocktail.

Comment below or shoot me a DM if you'd like me to send this recipe in PDF version!

Photos 📸 by @jennbakosphoto

For those participating in Dry January, I'd love to share this herbal tonic recipe from my recently released book ✨Botanical Barcraft ✨where half the seasonally inspired recipes are (more than) "mocktails."

I have been drinking different variations of grapefruit+bubbles+ nervine tinctures all week, which inspired me to shake this recipe with you! The one I'm drinking today (not in the book, but just an aside) is fresh grapefruit juice with @fevertreemixers tonic water Rose elixir and Saint John's wort tincture ... trying to help stave off seasonal depression by keeping the energies of the body moving!🌞

A few of the recipes in the book include herbal tinctures from well known companies (because not everyone wants to make their own tinctures)... such as in this 'Free the Qi' recipe which includes their companies beautifully formulated Happiness Tonic ✨

Grapefruit is one of my favorite nonalcoholic mixers because the sour taste engages the liver! Especially useful if you are craving a cocktail.

Comment below or shoot me a DM if you'd like me to send this recipe in PDF version!

Photos 📸 by @jennbakosphoto

Just trying to keep the soul alive 🧡

Just trying to keep the soul alive 🧡

White Pine & Balsam Fir Sea Salt for a festive margarita🎄🌟

Fresh evergreen needles +sea salt whizzed up in a food processor! Easy peasy!

(The only poisonous evergreen tree are species the Yew family, Taxaceae ). They are VERY poisonous- they have dark green, soft needles and red berries/ arils as well as groovy bark.

If you need help identifying plants or trees, use a dichotomous key such as the online resource gobotany.org- I always try to get 2 or three positive confirmations of a species from different sources.

If you are in Maine- the Book- Forest Trees of Maine is an excellent resource!

White Pine & Balsam Fir Sea Salt for a festive margarita🎄🌟

Fresh evergreen needles +sea salt whizzed up in a food processor! Easy peasy!

(The only poisonous evergreen tree are species the Yew family, Taxaceae ). They are VERY poisonous- they have dark green, soft needles and red berries/ arils as well as groovy bark.

If you need help identifying plants or trees, use a dichotomous key such as the online resource gobotany.org- I always try to get 2 or three positive confirmations of a species from different sources.

If you are in Maine- the Book- Forest Trees of Maine is an excellent resource!

If you missed the last couple of cocktail parties, this solstice party & book signing next week 12/18 @vesselandvine in Brunswick will be a delight!

Please join us for a collaborative evening celebrating the release of Cassandra Sears’ new book Botanical Bar Craft, and the winter Solstice! In honor of the necessary balance of darkness and light, and creative projects coming to fruition, we (Cassandra and Nikaline) will be combining our farmed and foraged botanical reserves to bring you an evening of delicious botanically inspired beverages and snacks. We’ll have cocktails, mocktails, vermouth and snacks, and Cassandra will be behind the bar to make y’all tasty drinks inspired by her new book! We will have it here to purchase, and she of course can sign your copy. What a perfect holiday gift idea! Or just a gift for yourself! Or, just a fun night out, Come hang with us from 4-9, drink some drinks, eat some snacks, and celebrate the shift from darkness to light, and the creativity and bounty that this great state inspires in us🌲

Video @seedandspirits @thelobbyatlincoln

If you missed the last couple of cocktail parties, this solstice party & book signing next week 12/18 @vesselandvine in Brunswick will be a delight!

Please join us for a collaborative evening celebrating the release of Cassandra Sears’ new book Botanical Bar Craft, and the winter Solstice! In honor of the necessary balance of darkness and light, and creative projects coming to fruition, we (Cassandra and Nikaline) will be combining our farmed and foraged botanical reserves to bring you an evening of delicious botanically inspired beverages and snacks. We’ll have cocktails, mocktails, vermouth and snacks, and Cassandra will be behind the bar to make y’all tasty drinks inspired by her new book! We will have it here to purchase, and she of course can sign your copy. What a perfect holiday gift idea! Or just a gift for yourself! Or, just a fun night out, Come hang with us from 4-9, drink some drinks, eat some snacks, and celebrate the shift from darkness to light, and the creativity and bounty that this great state inspires in us🌲

Video @seedandspirits @thelobbyatlincoln

Botanical Bar Craft: A Guide to the Art of Apothecary Cocktails and Herbal Tonic Elixirs makes a joyful holiday gift for anyone on your list who loves recipe books, medicinal plants, gardening, & making beautiful drinks inspired by nature ✨🥂 Half of the recipes are cocktails and the other half are nonalcoholic herbal tonics!

For cocktail enthusiasts, herbalists, foragers, and bartenders, Botanical Bar Craft serves up original, spirited recipes and invaluable plant knowledge, inspired by adventures in the garden and forest.

This book invites readers to create herbal elixirs and apothecary cocktails infused by a close connection to nature. Whether in the garden, the field, or the forest, Sears finds generous abundance among the plants. Her tonic libations harness the power of phytochemistry and place-based consciousness while easing stress and comforting the body, mind, and spirit. With original recipes that tie together the creative arts of herbal medicine and craft cocktail making, Sears blends herbal tinctures, teas, and botanical infusions into modern-classic cocktails as well as sensational and unique nonalcoholic drinks that hit the spot for relaxation without sedation.

More than just a collection of recipes, Botanical Bar Craft is also an herbal handbook for bartenders and a mixology guide for herbalists. Readers will delight in the journey as Sears combines dashes of herbal lore and history with instructions for developing the spirited philosophy of apothecary bartending, lessons on mixology, and a primer on the beneficial actions of medicinal herbs.

Available on Amazon and all major online book stores!

🎥 @seedandspirits

Botanical Bar Craft: A Guide to the Art of Apothecary Cocktails and Herbal Tonic Elixirs makes a joyful holiday gift for anyone on your list who loves recipe books, medicinal plants, gardening, & making beautiful drinks inspired by nature ✨🥂 Half of the recipes are cocktails and the other half are nonalcoholic herbal tonics!

For cocktail enthusiasts, herbalists, foragers, and bartenders, Botanical Bar Craft serves up original, spirited recipes and invaluable plant knowledge, inspired by adventures in the garden and forest.

This book invites readers to create herbal elixirs and apothecary cocktails infused by a close connection to nature. Whether in the garden, the field, or the forest, Sears finds generous abundance among the plants. Her tonic libations harness the power of phytochemistry and place-based consciousness while easing stress and comforting the body, mind, and spirit. With original recipes that tie together the creative arts of herbal medicine and craft cocktail making, Sears blends herbal tinctures, teas, and botanical infusions into modern-classic cocktails as well as sensational and unique nonalcoholic drinks that hit the spot for relaxation without sedation.

More than just a collection of recipes, Botanical Bar Craft is also an herbal handbook for bartenders and a mixology guide for herbalists. Readers will delight in the journey as Sears combines dashes of herbal lore and history with instructions for developing the spirited philosophy of apothecary bartending, lessons on mixology, and a primer on the beneficial actions of medicinal herbs.

Available on Amazon and all major online book stores!

🎥 @seedandspirits

✨Beauty is medicine✨
When crafting drinks, I like to take the long, slow, & sensory full way that involves slow sourcing from local farms or growing garnishes in my own garden. I like to reflect the full story of the moment and the experience that's being created for those imbibing... creating memories with taste. Craft is attention to detail and it doesn't stop short with nonalcoholic drinks- where the attention to detail is perhaps even more important.
These are just a couple drinks from a gorgeous wedding in October @thepreservenh
where the personality of both the bride and groom are reflected in their signature creations.
The bride's "Faerie Duster" was non-alcoholic and reflected the dreamy magic of the desert including fruits, aromatics and flower essences from her home.
📸 @talesofsonder

✨Beauty is medicine✨
When crafting drinks, I like to take the long, slow, & sensory full way that involves slow sourcing from local farms or growing garnishes in my own garden. I like to reflect the full story of the moment and the experience that's being created for those imbibing... creating memories with taste. Craft is attention to detail and it doesn't stop short with nonalcoholic drinks- where the attention to detail is perhaps even more important.
These are just a couple drinks from a gorgeous wedding in October @thepreservenh
where the personality of both the bride and groom are reflected in their signature creations.
The bride's "Faerie Duster" was non-alcoholic and reflected the dreamy magic of the desert including fruits, aromatics and flower essences from her home.
📸 @talesofsonder

Big gratitude to @lincolnhotelmaine for hosting a book signing party & putting some of my botanical drinks from the book on the menu for the night.
So many of my beautiful family and friends showed up to celebrate with me❤️ and laugh at me spilling ink all over my hands because I wanted to use a quill pen... & marvel at the miracle and mystery that I was able to sit still long enough to write a really good book!! I'm feeling very proud of the beautiful people I know and community that I'm woven into. Lots of farmers and artists in attendance!!!🪴Everyone that came met a new person they felt inspired by. This feels like success! So very blessed. 🌟

I do have some books left if you want to snag a signed copy directly from me in the coming weeks for holiday gifting purposes, let me know!!

Big gratitude to @lincolnhotelmaine for hosting a book signing party & putting some of my botanical drinks from the book on the menu for the night.
So many of my beautiful family and friends showed up to celebrate with me❤️ and laugh at me spilling ink all over my hands because I wanted to use a quill pen... & marvel at the miracle and mystery that I was able to sit still long enough to write a really good book!! I'm feeling very proud of the beautiful people I know and community that I'm woven into. Lots of farmers and artists in attendance!!!🪴Everyone that came met a new person they felt inspired by. This feels like success! So very blessed. 🌟

I do have some books left if you want to snag a signed copy directly from me in the coming weeks for holiday gifting purposes, let me know!!

Consider this an invitation💌💋SWAK

Cocktail Party & Book Signing @lincolnhotelmaine @thelobbyatlincoln with Jazz Music @bessjacquesandthestrays

Next Wednesday 12/4
5 P.M.

🎥 video @seedandspirits
Filmed @whitebarnauberge

Consider this an invitation💌💋SWAK

Cocktail Party & Book Signing @lincolnhotelmaine @thelobbyatlincoln with Jazz Music @bessjacquesandthestrays

Next Wednesday 12/4
5 P.M.

🎥 video @seedandspirits
Filmed @whitebarnauberge

Make your own bitters at home!

Fill a pint sized mason jar 2/3 full with roughly two parts each chopped fresh Dandelion root and Angelica root, then about 1 part each Burdock root, fresh Ginger, Cinnamon chips or 1 stick, dried Orange peel, Cardamom pods, and then about a half part Juniper berries and a sprig or two of Rosemary and dried Mugwort.

Bitters are very forgiving and the measurements don't have to be exact- sometimes I record recipes in "parts," and other times I weigh everything out.

This blend of botanicals is spicy and festive for the holidays but if you don't want to venture out for all of these ingredients, you can just use some of them! An orange peel and rosemary bitter with a few cloves sprinkled in is delightful!

Use an over proof spirit to ensure full extraction of all your beautiful aromatic compounds. Sometimes I use full strength @culinarysolvent and "proof down " later and sometimes I mix it with water ahead so is about 75% alcohol.

After 2-4 weeks, use a fine mesh strainer and a small funnel and small glass measuring cup to transfer into a tincture or dasher bottle.

In the world of cocktail craft, bitters are used for flavoring and enhancing ~ while in the realm of herbal medicine, we know the virtues of their many health benefits- including energetic grounding, tonifying the liver, enhancing digestion, & regulating blood sugar... definitely a great choice for this upcoming holiday season of indulgence! Bitters also make cute holiday 🎁 gifts!!

Video footage captured by @seedandspirits

Make your own bitters at home!

Fill a pint sized mason jar 2/3 full with roughly two parts each chopped fresh Dandelion root and Angelica root, then about 1 part each Burdock root, fresh Ginger, Cinnamon chips or 1 stick, dried Orange peel, Cardamom pods, and then about a half part Juniper berries and a sprig or two of Rosemary and dried Mugwort.

Bitters are very forgiving and the measurements don't have to be exact- sometimes I record recipes in "parts," and other times I weigh everything out.

This blend of botanicals is spicy and festive for the holidays but if you don't want to venture out for all of these ingredients, you can just use some of them! An orange peel and rosemary bitter with a few cloves sprinkled in is delightful!

Use an over proof spirit to ensure full extraction of all your beautiful aromatic compounds. Sometimes I use full strength @culinarysolvent and "proof down " later and sometimes I mix it with water ahead so is about 75% alcohol.

After 2-4 weeks, use a fine mesh strainer and a small funnel and small glass measuring cup to transfer into a tincture or dasher bottle.

In the world of cocktail craft, bitters are used for flavoring and enhancing ~ while in the realm of herbal medicine, we know the virtues of their many health benefits- including energetic grounding, tonifying the liver, enhancing digestion, & regulating blood sugar... definitely a great choice for this upcoming holiday season of indulgence! Bitters also make cute holiday 🎁 gifts!!

Video footage captured by @seedandspirits

IT FEELS REAL!! Sometimes it takes emotions a while to catch up to me hanging out up in the clouds..but I felt it, ...about halfway through this lovely book signing event at my home bar @whitebarnauberge it hit me! The warmth and glow of my COMMUNITY supporting this accomplishment! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!❤️💛🧡

IT FEELS REAL!! Sometimes it takes emotions a while to catch up to me hanging out up in the clouds..but I felt it, ...about halfway through this lovely book signing event at my home bar @whitebarnauberge it hit me! The warmth and glow of my COMMUNITY supporting this accomplishment! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!❤️💛🧡

Grab life by the roots!

Digging up Dandelions, Burdock and Angelica root for bitters🌑🌜
Right now is an opportune time with the moon waning, before the ground freezes. All the energy of the plant is concentrated in the roots.

Stay tuned and I'll show you how easy it is to make your own cocktail bitters!

"roots are so beautiful " ~ Bri who filmed this footage @seedandspirits

#roots #bitters #gardentoglass #grassroots #wild #botanicalbarcraft

Grab life by the roots!

Digging up Dandelions, Burdock and Angelica root for bitters🌑🌜
Right now is an opportune time with the moon waning, before the ground freezes. All the energy of the plant is concentrated in the roots.

Stay tuned and I'll show you how easy it is to make your own cocktail bitters!

"roots are so beautiful " ~ Bri who filmed this footage @seedandspirits

#roots #bitters #gardentoglass #grassroots #wild #botanicalbarcraft

We still have a few spaces left for the cocktail class and book signing @tamworth_distilling this Saturday!

Tickets are available on their website🥂✨

Book recipes mixed with @tamworth_distilling exceptionally creative & local spirits. I'll be breaking down some of my own creative process, too when approaching #botanicalbarcraft
🪄🪄🪄
Come taste the season! 🌼🍂🌾🍄‍🟫🫚🥞🍯🥕💛

📸
@jennbakosphoto

We still have a few spaces left for the cocktail class and book signing @tamworth_distilling this Saturday!

Tickets are available on their website🥂✨

Book recipes mixed with @tamworth_distilling exceptionally creative & local spirits. I'll be breaking down some of my own creative process, too when approaching #botanicalbarcraft
🪄🪄🪄
Come taste the season! 🌼🍂🌾🍄‍🟫🫚🥞🍯🥕💛

📸
@jennbakosphoto

Wondering where you can have me sign a copy of this beautiful book for you!? The time is NOW! All of my friends and some clients have been texting me pictures of receiving theirs in the mail!! !!🙌

Note, some of these are ticketed events and require registration! DM me if you need any clarification or links

@tamworth_distilling
next Saturday 11/16 (ticketed)

@whitebarnauberge
Friday 11/22. (ticketed)

@rootedheartremedies
Sunday 12/8 cafe grand opening (free)

@lincolnhotelmaine
12/4 Book Release Party with Jazz music

@botanically_curious
12/6 Portland Art Walk 1st Friday

@vesselandvine
12/18 cocktail party collaboration pop-up

Wondering where you can have me sign a copy of this beautiful book for you!? The time is NOW! All of my friends and some clients have been texting me pictures of receiving theirs in the mail!! !!🙌

Note, some of these are ticketed events and require registration! DM me if you need any clarification or links

@tamworth_distilling
next Saturday 11/16 (ticketed)

@whitebarnauberge
Friday 11/22. (ticketed)

@rootedheartremedies
Sunday 12/8 cafe grand opening (free)

@lincolnhotelmaine
12/4 Book Release Party with Jazz music

@botanically_curious
12/6 Portland Art Walk 1st Friday

@vesselandvine
12/18 cocktail party collaboration pop-up

I like to lose myself as frequently as possible, yielding to the interconnected soul of all things-

Sometimes I do it fast, like I'm literally running away from myself (trail running ) becoming the path and the wind...

And sometimes I do it a little more slowly like when I'm reading books-

For years I could not read fiction- I found it detestable being inside other peoples heads, I felt like it somehow ruined my imagination rather than nurturing it. All those years I just read text books and how-to reference types of things.

This past Summer and now I've been reading EVERYTHING I can get my hands on, in pursuit of becoming a better writer. I've been replacing cocktail hour with reading... 😉

The consequence is I feel like a kid again- reading was my first love of escapism. I won reading contests as a kid- I'm a speed reader!! I would read 10 novels a week.

There's something beautiful about reclaiming things. There's something beautiful about being an observer and a passenger which the reader is... yielding to the kaleidoscope of truths, relinquishing control and experiencing a different perspective. I think this is medicine we could all take a little sip of.

Little known fact: I used to write poetry A LOT and I printed a single copy of a poetry anthology called "Heart of a Vagabond" - the last slide is from that 🖤

Im currently reading @arden_katherine winter night Trilogy and her new book as well as Herman Hesse Steppenwolf but I'm moving quickly... please comment your book recommendations!!! 🙏🏼

🖤📸 @rebeccaepinkham

I like to lose myself as frequently as possible, yielding to the interconnected soul of all things-

Sometimes I do it fast, like I'm literally running away from myself (trail running ) becoming the path and the wind...

And sometimes I do it a little more slowly like when I'm reading books-

For years I could not read fiction- I found it detestable being inside other peoples heads, I felt like it somehow ruined my imagination rather than nurturing it. All those years I just read text books and how-to reference types of things.

This past Summer and now I've been reading EVERYTHING I can get my hands on, in pursuit of becoming a better writer. I've been replacing cocktail hour with reading... 😉

The consequence is I feel like a kid again- reading was my first love of escapism. I won reading contests as a kid- I'm a speed reader!! I would read 10 novels a week.

There's something beautiful about reclaiming things. There's something beautiful about being an observer and a passenger which the reader is... yielding to the kaleidoscope of truths, relinquishing control and experiencing a different perspective. I think this is medicine we could all take a little sip of.

Little known fact: I used to write poetry A LOT and I printed a single copy of a poetry anthology called "Heart of a Vagabond" - the last slide is from that 🖤

Im currently reading @arden_katherine winter night Trilogy and her new book as well as Herman Hesse Steppenwolf but I'm moving quickly... please comment your book recommendations!!! 🙏🏼

🖤📸 @rebeccaepinkham

Are you coming? ✨11/22✨

Link in bio!! Tickets are limited for this one- we expect to sell out! Cocktail party & book signing with harvest-y snacks🥕 @chefmarydumont 🥧

Planning the menu today💗

Are you coming? ✨11/22✨

Link in bio!! Tickets are limited for this one- we expect to sell out! Cocktail party & book signing with harvest-y snacks🥕 @chefmarydumont 🥧

Planning the menu today💗

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

I can't even begin to express how delightful and delish this drink is that I crafted for @themillionairemother and the beautiful dynamic women held by the grandmother tree and the land at Windhambrae

First I infused a 50/50 base of Mezcal and tequila with sacred cacao lovingly processed by a small women's coop in Guatemala @heartslovecacao

To make the drink I muddled Fall raspberries @mcdougal.orchards added agave, a dash of Cointreau, organic beet juice, Lime juice and tinctures for further HEART EXPANSION : Wild rose elixir, Reishi Mushroom (made by me!) and Hawthorn tincture @herbpharm
I shook the mixture and poured into a glass rimmed with spicy salt (pink Himalayan mixed with smoked paprika and cayenne)

#cocktails #heart #gardentoglass #apothecarybartender #womensupportingwomen

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

I can't even begin to express how delightful and delish this drink is that I crafted for @themillionairemother and the beautiful dynamic women held by the grandmother tree and the land at Windhambrae

First I infused a 50/50 base of Mezcal and tequila with sacred cacao lovingly processed by a small women's coop in Guatemala @heartslovecacao

To make the drink I muddled Fall raspberries @mcdougal.orchards added agave, a dash of Cointreau, organic beet juice, Lime juice and tinctures for further HEART EXPANSION : Wild rose elixir, Reishi Mushroom (made by me!) and Hawthorn tincture @herbpharm
I shook the mixture and poured into a glass rimmed with spicy salt (pink Himalayan mixed with smoked paprika and cayenne)

#cocktails #heart #gardentoglass #apothecarybartender #womensupportingwomen

I got my first book in the mail!!!!❤️‍🔥

It feels surreal to actually be holding it in my hands!!

Preorders (linked in bio) are until November 7 when this herbal tonics & cocktails book will be in stores!!

I will send a free signed copy to anyone who can guess what I'm drinking!

@chelseagreenbooks #cocktailbook #botanicalbarcraft #elixirs #herbaltonics #apothecarybartender

I got my first book in the mail!!!!❤️‍🔥

It feels surreal to actually be holding it in my hands!!

Preorders (linked in bio) are until November 7 when this herbal tonics & cocktails book will be in stores!!

I will send a free signed copy to anyone who can guess what I'm drinking!

@chelseagreenbooks #cocktailbook #botanicalbarcraft #elixirs #herbaltonics #apothecarybartender

🌲❤️🐾Tomorrow will be a year since the love of my life, my dog, Jack Pine passed... I dedicated my book to him because I wrote the majority of it while I was grieving...

I had never felt lonely in my life until after he passed. As someone who considers quiet places in nature home, a dog is really the best friend you could ever have. It's like being siddhartha ( watching the river flow by) but with a snuggly guardian angel by your side.

As someone quite cerebral, as many of us are... dogs teach us to be present and in our body. God, I wish I could be as happy as a dog, sometimes. This four legged being taught me how to use my heart and to know what LOVE is

Dogs are mirrors of our emotions and nervous systems and much like me, Jack Pine was wild, intense, fast, athletic, expressive and rebellious. His favorite words were "adventure" and "friends..."

he died the night before his ninth birthday so Sunday on what would have been his birthday I'm going to go for a hike in his honor, at one of our favorite spots.

The experience of this loss was a huge gateway for me (the book) but also, I think, into adulthood. He was my guardian and gatekeeper from youth to maturity.

Tomorrow I'm going to open up the first copy of my book that I just received in the mail, which is why I'm sharing all of this, the meaning and the magical timing...

🌲❤️🐾Tomorrow will be a year since the love of my life, my dog, Jack Pine passed... I dedicated my book to him because I wrote the majority of it while I was grieving...

I had never felt lonely in my life until after he passed. As someone who considers quiet places in nature home, a dog is really the best friend you could ever have. It's like being siddhartha ( watching the river flow by) but with a snuggly guardian angel by your side.

As someone quite cerebral, as many of us are... dogs teach us to be present and in our body. God, I wish I could be as happy as a dog, sometimes. This four legged being taught me how to use my heart and to know what LOVE is

Dogs are mirrors of our emotions and nervous systems and much like me, Jack Pine was wild, intense, fast, athletic, expressive and rebellious. His favorite words were "adventure" and "friends..."

he died the night before his ninth birthday so Sunday on what would have been his birthday I'm going to go for a hike in his honor, at one of our favorite spots.

The experience of this loss was a huge gateway for me (the book) but also, I think, into adulthood. He was my guardian and gatekeeper from youth to maturity.

Tomorrow I'm going to open up the first copy of my book that I just received in the mail, which is why I'm sharing all of this, the meaning and the magical timing...

..."home is where the heart is"

My current pleasure (possibly obsession) is cacao infused Mezcal❤️‍🔥

Raw sacred cacao bricks from a women's coop in Guatemala @heartslovecacao

..."home is where the heart is"

My current pleasure (possibly obsession) is cacao infused Mezcal❤️‍🔥

Raw sacred cacao bricks from a women's coop in Guatemala @heartslovecacao

Bittersweet, but completed the last wedding / event last night as 'The Remedy Cocktail Co'

All future events I will be bartending as myself and only booking parties of 50 or less ( with a couple exceptions for friends weddings). Herbal elixirs for retreats and small cocktail parties/ garden parties ....

I'm going to be focusing more deeply on health and wellness and herbal tonics so stay tuned for that! Gotta adapt and change so I can continue pouring my heart into my work and life!!

Thank you to all the clients and collaborators that helped make this creative vision a reality! Love you🌹

If you feel like posting your favorite time or drink with The Remedy Cocktail Co. over the past three years I'd love to hear it!! I'll be posting some best-of soon!! 🌟

Many of my best recipes are in my forthcoming book (presale links in bio)📚

Bittersweet, but completed the last wedding / event last night as 'The Remedy Cocktail Co'

All future events I will be bartending as myself and only booking parties of 50 or less ( with a couple exceptions for friends weddings). Herbal elixirs for retreats and small cocktail parties/ garden parties ....

I'm going to be focusing more deeply on health and wellness and herbal tonics so stay tuned for that! Gotta adapt and change so I can continue pouring my heart into my work and life!!

Thank you to all the clients and collaborators that helped make this creative vision a reality! Love you🌹

If you feel like posting your favorite time or drink with The Remedy Cocktail Co. over the past three years I'd love to hear it!! I'll be posting some best-of soon!! 🌟

Many of my best recipes are in my forthcoming book (presale links in bio)📚

Tulsi Sugar

Making infused sugars and salts using a food processor is one of my favorite ways to preserve botanical color and aromatic flavor for cocktails 💚

This sugar will have Fall raspberries dipped in it for a cocktail garnish for the bride's signature (non-alcoholic!) drink tomorrow.

Some favorites for salt: Bee Balm, Rose-Cardamom, Wild Blueberry-Lavender

For sugar: Tulsi, Anise Hyssop, Chai Spices

Tulsi Sugar

Making infused sugars and salts using a food processor is one of my favorite ways to preserve botanical color and aromatic flavor for cocktails 💚

This sugar will have Fall raspberries dipped in it for a cocktail garnish for the bride's signature (non-alcoholic!) drink tomorrow.

Some favorites for salt: Bee Balm, Rose-Cardamom, Wild Blueberry-Lavender

For sugar: Tulsi, Anise Hyssop, Chai Spices

Reflecting on the season as harvest begins to wind down; trying to let the old dreams fall like leaves🍂
let the old versions of you die… Trust in the seed, in the dying process… there is a lot of freedom in saying goodbye

The heart is a muscle, growing stronger as it breaks...🫀

Wisdom is there for those who can brave quiet places.🦉

Mother Earth will always hold you if you need to kneel, to yield, or even lay down... 🍵🌿& the bodhisattvas that are plants will help you rest, restore,nourish.

📸 @rebeccaepinkham

Reflecting on the season as harvest begins to wind down; trying to let the old dreams fall like leaves🍂
let the old versions of you die… Trust in the seed, in the dying process… there is a lot of freedom in saying goodbye

The heart is a muscle, growing stronger as it breaks...🫀

Wisdom is there for those who can brave quiet places.🦉

Mother Earth will always hold you if you need to kneel, to yield, or even lay down... 🍵🌿& the bodhisattvas that are plants will help you rest, restore,nourish.

📸 @rebeccaepinkham

I'll be signing books this Fall!!! This is where I'll be! 📚Some of these events are free to attend while others are a workshop with an admission price that includes a book. I'll be sharing more about each appearance, most likely in stories. Send a DM for sign up links! Comment below which one you'll be coming to!

Thank you to my hosts❤️

I'll be signing books this Fall!!! This is where I'll be! 📚Some of these events are free to attend while others are a workshop with an admission price that includes a book. I'll be sharing more about each appearance, most likely in stories. Send a DM for sign up links! Comment below which one you'll be coming to!

Thank you to my hosts❤️

My editor, Fern, from @chelseagreenbooks ! She is an angel and I loved working with this woman. She is impeccable at her job and I just wish I had an editor like her who could follow me around in my daily life! Cheers to collaboration! It's beautiful and we could all use more of the spirit of collaborating in our daily lives, complementing each others natural gifts and aptitudes.🧡

We had dinner @ninajunerestaurant to celebrate the completion of the book as we're both in the area for the @commongroundcountryfair where I'll be presenting the next two days in the herb tent at 4 P.M. on Herbal Tonic Elixirs✨🥂

The book Botanical Barcraft is open for presale (link in bio) and will be in stores on November 7!

Cheers!
~Cassandra

My editor, Fern, from @chelseagreenbooks ! She is an angel and I loved working with this woman. She is impeccable at her job and I just wish I had an editor like her who could follow me around in my daily life! Cheers to collaboration! It's beautiful and we could all use more of the spirit of collaborating in our daily lives, complementing each others natural gifts and aptitudes.🧡

We had dinner @ninajunerestaurant to celebrate the completion of the book as we're both in the area for the @commongroundcountryfair where I'll be presenting the next two days in the herb tent at 4 P.M. on Herbal Tonic Elixirs✨🥂

The book Botanical Barcraft is open for presale (link in bio) and will be in stores on November 7!

Cheers!
~Cassandra

I love that this is what event prep looks like!!!

Foraging for some botanicals to include in what I'll be sharing in my demo @commongroundcountryfair later this week! Mixing the best of the moment with both cultivated and wild for herbal tonic elixirs. I've got nootropics and immune tonics on my mind and I'll be sharing recipes too! 🧡🦉

I'll be sending out the Equinox Newsletter this week so subscribe on the website if you want to be the first to know where all the fun is going to be happening !

📸 @rebeccaepinkham

I love that this is what event prep looks like!!!

Foraging for some botanicals to include in what I'll be sharing in my demo @commongroundcountryfair later this week! Mixing the best of the moment with both cultivated and wild for herbal tonic elixirs. I've got nootropics and immune tonics on my mind and I'll be sharing recipes too! 🧡🦉

I'll be sending out the Equinox Newsletter this week so subscribe on the website if you want to be the first to know where all the fun is going to be happening !

📸 @rebeccaepinkham

BASIL🌿 Ocimum basilicum

It's important to know that taste affects our physiology!

Often associated with peak Summer, Basil is actually a wonderfully balancing herb for the Autumn, being warming and pungent in nature and therefore promoting the circulation of blood as well as dispersing tension (pungent aromatic) and relaxing the body which further promotes good circulation!

In TCM 5-Element Theory each season has a taste and Fall is associated with spicy or pungent foods. Eating these flavors has balancing effects within each season as it affects your body. Focusing on the tastes of the season before is also helpful for season transitions!!

In addition to helping with circulation, like many warming aromatic pungents, Basil is antimicrobial, antispasmodic (improves breathing or relieve headaches), carminative (improves digestion), and diaphoretic..

The common Basil we eat has even been studied for its anti-cancer effects as well as having a positive therapeutic influence in cases of anxiety and depression. It's GABA-ergic which means its constituents have an effect on the GABA receptors which are a big part of the signaling for R&R in our nervous system. This effect on GABA makes it a potential therapeutic agent in epilepsy...Our sweet little Basil has also been studied as a neuroprotective agent in the face of chronic stress and also to mitigate memory loss (neurodegenerative conditions).

Plant power!!🪴

#foodismedicine #fivelementtheory #basil #herbaltonics

BASIL🌿 Ocimum basilicum

It's important to know that taste affects our physiology!

Often associated with peak Summer, Basil is actually a wonderfully balancing herb for the Autumn, being warming and pungent in nature and therefore promoting the circulation of blood as well as dispersing tension (pungent aromatic) and relaxing the body which further promotes good circulation!

In TCM 5-Element Theory each season has a taste and Fall is associated with spicy or pungent foods. Eating these flavors has balancing effects within each season as it affects your body. Focusing on the tastes of the season before is also helpful for season transitions!!

In addition to helping with circulation, like many warming aromatic pungents, Basil is antimicrobial, antispasmodic (improves breathing or relieve headaches), carminative (improves digestion), and diaphoretic..

The common Basil we eat has even been studied for its anti-cancer effects as well as having a positive therapeutic influence in cases of anxiety and depression. It's GABA-ergic which means its constituents have an effect on the GABA receptors which are a big part of the signaling for R&R in our nervous system. This effect on GABA makes it a potential therapeutic agent in epilepsy...Our sweet little Basil has also been studied as a neuroprotective agent in the face of chronic stress and also to mitigate memory loss (neurodegenerative conditions).

Plant power!!🪴

#foodismedicine #fivelementtheory #basil #herbaltonics

Knowledge.👩‍🏫🍎

I like to enjoy my free time learning new things, and taking classes or reading books that make me better at whatever it is that I do~ really excited to have just signed up for a sommelier class with @wsetglobal @commonwealthwineschool that begins in a couple of weeks, that will no doubt make me a better bartender!

and I will be attending @americanherbalistsguild professional herbalist conference this Fall too! In preparation for beginning to see clients again for health consultations again.

i've also been reading anything and everything all summer, with the aim of becoming a better writer.

Learning is one of the ways I nourish my soul! What about you? Are you taking any classes or reading anything good right now?!📚

📸 @rebeccaepinkham

Knowledge.👩‍🏫🍎

I like to enjoy my free time learning new things, and taking classes or reading books that make me better at whatever it is that I do~ really excited to have just signed up for a sommelier class with @wsetglobal @commonwealthwineschool that begins in a couple of weeks, that will no doubt make me a better bartender!

and I will be attending @americanherbalistsguild professional herbalist conference this Fall too! In preparation for beginning to see clients again for health consultations again.

i've also been reading anything and everything all summer, with the aim of becoming a better writer.

Learning is one of the ways I nourish my soul! What about you? Are you taking any classes or reading anything good right now?!📚

📸 @rebeccaepinkham

Resharing this Faerie Trumpet recipe!!

This one's not in the book, it's new ... I enjoyed this espresso mushroom martini on the last day of my "sober summer" 🙌 All of July and August sans alcohol...
So this one's for my non-drinking followers!

Hyperseasonality at its finest!

I would love to know if you make it! The black trumpets are flourishing in Maine right now🖤

Meanwhile I'm trying to choose a Fall recipe from my forthcoming book to share in a video with you...stay tuned 💘

#herbaltonics #blacktrumpets #foraging #cocktails

Resharing this Faerie Trumpet recipe!!

This one's not in the book, it's new ... I enjoyed this espresso mushroom martini on the last day of my "sober summer" 🙌 All of July and August sans alcohol...
So this one's for my non-drinking followers!

Hyperseasonality at its finest!

I would love to know if you make it! The black trumpets are flourishing in Maine right now🖤

Meanwhile I'm trying to choose a Fall recipe from my forthcoming book to share in a video with you...stay tuned 💘

#herbaltonics #blacktrumpets #foraging #cocktails

Small but connected 🌲✨

Senses restoring,
Redefining "humanness"
I can see myself as the soft green, rough bark, light on water.
"Me" changing with the seasons
Just as our tastes change as the wheel turns
Bittersweet

📸 @rebeccaepinkham

Small but connected 🌲✨

Senses restoring,
Redefining "humanness"
I can see myself as the soft green, rough bark, light on water.
"Me" changing with the seasons
Just as our tastes change as the wheel turns
Bittersweet

📸 @rebeccaepinkham

✨Foraging for Black Trumpets in Maine ✨

🖤

I'm not really a forager so much as recognize myself as simply being part of nature and place. The forest has always felt like home to me.
Foraging is trendy for good reason- "we need the tonic of wildness" as Thoreau said...but I invite you to take a step further and begin to see the ecology AS YOU. Being an integral part of place invites a spirit of stewardship and reciprocity🌲

#foragingforcocktails #foraging #cocktails #mushroomintelligence #mushrooms #blacktrumpets #mycelium #herbaltonic #nature #wildness #rewilding #recipes #maine #stewardship

✨Foraging for Black Trumpets in Maine ✨

🖤

I'm not really a forager so much as recognize myself as simply being part of nature and place. The forest has always felt like home to me.
Foraging is trendy for good reason- "we need the tonic of wildness" as Thoreau said...but I invite you to take a step further and begin to see the ecology AS YOU. Being an integral part of place invites a spirit of stewardship and reciprocity🌲

#foragingforcocktails #foraging #cocktails #mushroomintelligence #mushrooms #blacktrumpets #mycelium #herbaltonic #nature #wildness #rewilding #recipes #maine #stewardship

Life is like a garden! You are like a plant!🌱 ✨

🪴there is a give and take- are you watering yourself and taking care of the soil? Or are you abusing for a yield or trying to be in flower all the time? Are you a good caretaker and managing the dynamism holistically?🦋

🪴seeds are wishes (ask any child you know)

🪴is your garden designed for beauty, efficiency or both? Don't forget that BEAUTY IS MEDICINE!

🪴did you spend some time reflecting during dormant periods to come up with a well thought out out design for your life's garden? Is your garden set out in straight rows or is it more like an English garden?

🪴are you patient enough to wait for the fruits of your labor to grow and fully ripen? (Or did you harvest too early, like I did with these melons!?)

🪴 do you share your resources with your friends and neighbors?

🪴gardening is a perfect example of the balance between allowing and exerting control ☯️- depending on your perspective it can feel like a war against nature or an abundant Eden...what perspectives are you choosing?

🪴If you were a plant, what would you be?

Share below in comments!!

📸Beautiful garden captures @rebeccaepinkham

#lifesgarden #spirituality #holistichealth #holisticdesign #healthylifestyle #healthysoil #stewardship

Life is like a garden! You are like a plant!🌱 ✨

🪴there is a give and take- are you watering yourself and taking care of the soil? Or are you abusing for a yield or trying to be in flower all the time? Are you a good caretaker and managing the dynamism holistically?🦋

🪴seeds are wishes (ask any child you know)

🪴is your garden designed for beauty, efficiency or both? Don't forget that BEAUTY IS MEDICINE!

🪴did you spend some time reflecting during dormant periods to come up with a well thought out out design for your life's garden? Is your garden set out in straight rows or is it more like an English garden?

🪴are you patient enough to wait for the fruits of your labor to grow and fully ripen? (Or did you harvest too early, like I did with these melons!?)

🪴 do you share your resources with your friends and neighbors?

🪴gardening is a perfect example of the balance between allowing and exerting control ☯️- depending on your perspective it can feel like a war against nature or an abundant Eden...what perspectives are you choosing?

🪴If you were a plant, what would you be?

Share below in comments!!

📸Beautiful garden captures @rebeccaepinkham

#lifesgarden #spirituality #holistichealth #holisticdesign #healthylifestyle #healthysoil #stewardship

What are agriculture-driven spirits?

Have you ever wanted to know more about how spirits are made? My favorite chapter to write in my cocktail book Botanical Barcraft is Chapter 5 "Distilling Place"where I got to do a little investigative journalism and dig deeper into the spirit behind craft liquor (& hydrosol) brands. As a lifetime gardener and craft bartender of 10+ years who regularly teaches cocktail classes, I am consistently sharing and representing distilleries that make a positive impact on agriculture. I interviewed some of my favorites and the adventure into distillation curiosities is shared in Chapter 5 of this cocktail & tonics book! (Pre-order link in bio)

Thank you for sharing such a meaningful and fun experience with me with the mission to help educate the consumer! Cheers to regenerative agriculture and stewardship!🥂✨
@chelseagreenbooks
@whistlepigwhiskey
@barrhillgin
@wigglybridgedistillery
@wildsingsthebird
@matchbookdistilling
@bluebarrendistillery
@nedistilling
@tamworth_distilling

" I think of a hero as someone who understand the degree of responsibility that comes with his/her freedom" ~Bob Dylan

What are agriculture-driven spirits?

Have you ever wanted to know more about how spirits are made? My favorite chapter to write in my cocktail book Botanical Barcraft is Chapter 5 "Distilling Place"where I got to do a little investigative journalism and dig deeper into the spirit behind craft liquor (& hydrosol) brands. As a lifetime gardener and craft bartender of 10+ years who regularly teaches cocktail classes, I am consistently sharing and representing distilleries that make a positive impact on agriculture. I interviewed some of my favorites and the adventure into distillation curiosities is shared in Chapter 5 of this cocktail & tonics book! (Pre-order link in bio)

Thank you for sharing such a meaningful and fun experience with me with the mission to help educate the consumer! Cheers to regenerative agriculture and stewardship!🥂✨
@chelseagreenbooks
@whistlepigwhiskey
@barrhillgin
@wigglybridgedistillery
@wildsingsthebird
@matchbookdistilling
@bluebarrendistillery
@nedistilling
@tamworth_distilling

" I think of a hero as someone who understand the degree of responsibility that comes with his/her freedom" ~Bob Dylan

-The Art of Becoming Nature-
As above so below - within/without

This week, I've been contemplating
✨ECOLOGICAL BALANCE ✨

Perceiving the whole dynamic picture and maintaining healthy soil as well as the 'terrain' in the body by making the more thoughtful (sometimes less convenient) choice.
Pausing to see the interplay of the elements is a big part of organic gardening- healthy plants are more apt to be able to withstand the pressure of pests and disease- the same goes with human bodies! Are you getting enough nourishment? Sickness seems to create more sickness and it can be even harder to be healthy when we inhabit environments that are also sick- waters laced with pesticides, air with metals...it makes the systems weaker, like pulling on the strings of a web.
Having the discipline (& resources) to make the healthiest, mindful choices is a constant labor of life affirmation and love. But it can be hard and nuanced when faced with so much adversity, and so many strings unattached...it's no wonder people want to pop a pill!

Anyway, this is what an herbalist does- sees the whole picture with you, holding your hand, finding your best plant and lifestyle allies to become the strongest healthiest you. 🍵🌿

📸 @maxmarshallart

-The Art of Becoming Nature-
As above so below - within/without

This week, I've been contemplating
✨ECOLOGICAL BALANCE ✨

Perceiving the whole dynamic picture and maintaining healthy soil as well as the 'terrain' in the body by making the more thoughtful (sometimes less convenient) choice.
Pausing to see the interplay of the elements is a big part of organic gardening- healthy plants are more apt to be able to withstand the pressure of pests and disease- the same goes with human bodies! Are you getting enough nourishment? Sickness seems to create more sickness and it can be even harder to be healthy when we inhabit environments that are also sick- waters laced with pesticides, air with metals...it makes the systems weaker, like pulling on the strings of a web.
Having the discipline (& resources) to make the healthiest, mindful choices is a constant labor of life affirmation and love. But it can be hard and nuanced when faced with so much adversity, and so many strings unattached...it's no wonder people want to pop a pill!

Anyway, this is what an herbalist does- sees the whole picture with you, holding your hand, finding your best plant and lifestyle allies to become the strongest healthiest you. 🍵🌿

📸 @maxmarshallart

✨I am so pleased to unveil the beautiful title and classy, colorful cover of my cocktail book! ✨🥂✨

Pre-sales are open~ link is in my bio!

Although the book will be in hand and brick & mortar on November 7, pre-sales are super important for stoking the excitement (& algorithms) of the book's launch and ultimate success🚀

Stay tuned, I will be having a variety of promotional activities including a snazzy, jazzy release party the first week of December.
If you would like to sell the book in your store, host a book signing or cocktail class, be sure to reach out!🎊

This project is a culmination of my creative career weaving together everything I love and I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to share it. I hope this book combining herbal medicine and cocktails will be inspiring to home enthusiasts who want to explore and play with this craft & educational for bartenders who want to know more about plants🪴

Thank you to the wonderful team @chelseagreenbooks Big thank you to @hugoaguirrefb @whitebarnauberge for letting me capture the current cocktails I have on the menu there where I work PT & @dbfoodphoto for flawless photography execution⚡️

#gardentoglass #apothecarybartender #botanicalbarcraft #elixirs #herbaltonics #craftcocktails

✨I am so pleased to unveil the beautiful title and classy, colorful cover of my cocktail book! ✨🥂✨

Pre-sales are open~ link is in my bio!

Although the book will be in hand and brick & mortar on November 7, pre-sales are super important for stoking the excitement (& algorithms) of the book's launch and ultimate success🚀

Stay tuned, I will be having a variety of promotional activities including a snazzy, jazzy release party the first week of December.
If you would like to sell the book in your store, host a book signing or cocktail class, be sure to reach out!🎊

This project is a culmination of my creative career weaving together everything I love and I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to share it. I hope this book combining herbal medicine and cocktails will be inspiring to home enthusiasts who want to explore and play with this craft & educational for bartenders who want to know more about plants🪴

Thank you to the wonderful team @chelseagreenbooks Big thank you to @hugoaguirrefb @whitebarnauberge for letting me capture the current cocktails I have on the menu there where I work PT & @dbfoodphoto for flawless photography execution⚡️

#gardentoglass #apothecarybartender #botanicalbarcraft #elixirs #herbaltonics #craftcocktails

Stream of Consciousness Share🌚

(Leo Season, with Mercury & Uranus disruptions)

Identity crises, ego dissolution, massive perspective shifts.
Distillation of the absolute seemingly complex to something simple, digestible ..like a good drink.

Is what you are the same as the work that you do, the role that you embody? What is coming next? What are you visualizing in the act of creation?
Are you courageous enough to take "heart steps" asks a letter written in cursive from a plant loving penpal on the opposite side of the wheel...

Must we always ACT! How actors become their personas, caricatures of themselves...such a contrived performance.
Big showy flowers have shallow roots and are destined to fall over...
What about the balance of ☯️ yin and yang? We live in a world where everyone is screaming, god knows what! desperately trying to be heard ... but no one is LISTENING.
I must say that truly seeing and hearing the world is not for the faint of heart but it where the heart of the healer and the mystic lives.... integrating polarities, sensing the unseen, showing up to be what the moment needs.

Are you matching the frequency of the culture or are you setting your own pace? Dare to be different. Personally, I care to be a resource an asset for my family, friends, & community but sometimes it's hard to know HOW to best execute...What do people need? It's back to the drawing board- but don't rush the process- enjoy the blank page. 🎨👩‍🎨✨

Stream of Consciousness Share🌚

(Leo Season, with Mercury & Uranus disruptions)

Identity crises, ego dissolution, massive perspective shifts.
Distillation of the absolute seemingly complex to something simple, digestible ..like a good drink.

Is what you are the same as the work that you do, the role that you embody? What is coming next? What are you visualizing in the act of creation?
Are you courageous enough to take "heart steps" asks a letter written in cursive from a plant loving penpal on the opposite side of the wheel...

Must we always ACT! How actors become their personas, caricatures of themselves...such a contrived performance.
Big showy flowers have shallow roots and are destined to fall over...
What about the balance of ☯️ yin and yang? We live in a world where everyone is screaming, god knows what! desperately trying to be heard ... but no one is LISTENING.
I must say that truly seeing and hearing the world is not for the faint of heart but it where the heart of the healer and the mystic lives.... integrating polarities, sensing the unseen, showing up to be what the moment needs.

Are you matching the frequency of the culture or are you setting your own pace? Dare to be different. Personally, I care to be a resource an asset for my family, friends, & community but sometimes it's hard to know HOW to best execute...What do people need? It's back to the drawing board- but don't rush the process- enjoy the blank page. 🎨👩‍🎨✨

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@cassandra_elizabeth_sears

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