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The Craft of Stone Brewing Co.: Liquid Lore, Epic Recipes, and Unabashed Arrogance
Aug 25th
The Craft of Stone Brewing Co. by Greg Koch and Steve Wagner with Randy Clemens
It is with great pride that I announce the publication of my next book, The Craft of Stone Brewing Co.: Liquid Lore, Epic Recipes, and Unabashed Arrogance, gracing bookstore shelves on September 27, 2011. Not long after completing the manuscript for my first book (The Sriracha Cookbook: 50 “Rooster Sauce” Recipes That Pack a Punch), I started thinking about what on earth I wanted to do next. My answer? I wanted to write about one of my favorite craft breweries: Stone Brewing Co.
I worked tirelessly one evening back in January 2010, drawing up a completely unsolicited pitch email to Stone’s (in)famous CEO, Greg Koch, finally sending it off at 2:55am, telling myself I’d follow up if I hadn’t heard back within two weeks. Naturally, you can imagine my surprise waking up to a personal reply in my inbox at 6:53am!
Greg and I emailed back in forth a few times, coincidentally bumped into each other at a food industry trade show in San Francisco, and finally set up a meeting down at the brewery proper. I’d honed my pitch and expanded it to encompass a wide spectrum of topics–the history of beer and how it’s made, the history of Stone, its beers, and how it has grown, a food pairing primer, recipes from the award-winning Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens, as well as never before published homebrew formulas for some of Stone’s most prized beers.
Vote for my Anthony Bourdain Essay: “Opposable Thumbs Up”
Aug 25th
Anthony Bourdain Medium Raw Challenge
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! Er, your eyes, rather. And a few moments of your time. Anthony Bourdain is sponsoring a writing contest, which I felt quite compelled to enter. But I need YOUR help to win!
The winner stands to have their 500-word piece printed in the forthcoming paperback edition of Anthony Bourdain’s latest book, Medium Raw. The prompt was a seemingly simple question with a cauldron of complex possible answers: “Why cook well?”
To read my essay, “Opposable Thumbs Up”, and give it a boost of support, head to http://randyclemens.com/bourdain. You can (and should!) vote for my entry each and every day through 30 September.
Many thanks in advance for the votes! (And for kindly glossing over the unfortunate spelling mishap in paragraph 2. “Finger tops” should be “fingertips”. Sigh.) Please add http://randyclemens.com/bourdain to your internet bookmarks, or add it as a home page tab so you remember to vote early and vote often!
The Sriracha Cookbook — Landing January 2011!
Jun 17th
The Sriracha Cookbook by Randy Clemens
Well, it’s official! My first cookbook is on its way! Although it won’t be available until January 2011, The Sriracha Cookbook: 50 “Rooster Sauce” Recipes that Pack a Punch
It has been an amazing journey, and I couldn’t be happier with the project as a whole. I’m so excited to have seen this to fruition, and am so thankful for all my friends and family that have supported me along the way. You rock!
Anyway, in the weeks leading up to The Sriracha Cookbook ‘s release and the months thereafter, I will be putting together plenty of events and hopefully a few cool dinners with my chef buddies at some of my favorite restaurants. Please do keep your eyes locked on TheSrirachaCookbook.com for more details as they unfold.
Dionicess VI — Beer Pairing: Sausage & Fries
May 7th
I once again have the pleasure of working with my good friend Gev Kazanchyan (not to mention a few other dear beer peeps like Firestone Walker’s Jace Milstead, as well as the lovely Paige Reilly and David “The Gueuzehound” Watrous) to put together a beer pairing to help raise money for a good cause.
After working with Gev at the recent beer vs. wine showdown at College of the Canyons, we talked about what would be next. Well, here it is!
From the Real Medicine Foundation website:
Dionicess VI – Beer, Sausage & Fries Pairing
Sunday, June 27, 2010 – 01:00 PM
Hosted by Gev Kazanchyan
Tony’s Darts Away
1710 W Magnolia Blvd
Burbank CA 91506
$35 per person, all inclusive
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“Grill It! With Bobby Flay” Video Results
Mar 9th
The results from my Bobby Flay video tryout are in! …And I wasn’t chosen this time, sadly.
But, I wanted to sincerely thank you all for the unexpected and overwhelming support! It’s amazing to see how many people that I’ve known come out and rally for me. Your comments and well wishes truly touched my heart, and for that I send you my utmost appreciation and thanks. And for those perfect strangers that came on board and voted for me, you rock too! Some of the nicest encouragement came alongside names I didn’t recognize, which was doubly flattering.
Out of the 186 submissions, mine was the fourth most watched as well as the fourth highest rated, but I suppose Food Network saw things differently. Their programming as of late has become somewhat of a monoculture, and I guess there wasn’t a place for someone so cool and so different this time around! 
Anyway, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Onward and upward I say! Please keep your eyes on my website for upcoming projects, including details on a forthcoming cookbook due out early next year, and perhaps another book next summer if my proposal goes through!
With love and gratitude,
- Randy Clemens -
