Nectar of the Gods: From Hera’’s Hurricane to the Appletini of Discord, 75 Mythical Cocktails to Drink Like a Deity

Liv Albert has a degree in classical civilizations and English literature from Concordia University in Montreal. Liv is the creator, host, and producer of the popular Greek and Roman mythology podcast, Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! where she brings her modern perspective and her education in classical civilizations together to explore Greek myths from a casual, humorous perspective.

Thea Engst is currently the General Manager of The Independent in Somerville, Massachusetts, a craft cocktail bar and restaurant. She started working at The Independent in 2009 as a host while she was putting herself through grad school for an MFA in writing poetry. Over the years, Thea worked her way up to server, bartender, and bar manager. After just about a year as a manager, Thea opened River Bar, a craft cocktail-focused bar and restaurant, where she helped craft their cocktail list. Thea has spent her restaurant career delving into cocktail, beer, spirit, and wine knowledge, but most importantly making friends and her own family of skilled restaurant workers, artists, and wonderful human beings. She has been featured on Chronicle and in The Boston Globe, Boston Eater, Boston, and Boston Metro. River Bar was named Somerville Scout’s Best Outdoor Dining Restaurant two years in a row. Thea specializes in making and consuming strong and stirred drinks with no garnish; she estimates that the mash bill of her blood is fifty-six percent bourbon and forty-four percent rye.

Sara Richard is an Eisner and Ringo Award-nominated artist from New Hampshire. She has worked in the comic book industry for eight years, mainly as a cover artist. Before that, she was a toy sculptor at Hasbro, specializing in making tiny dinosaurs. Sara’s inspiration comes from Art Deco, Art Nouveau, 1980s fashion, and Victorian-era design. When not making art or writing, she’s watching horror movies, cleaning forgotten gravestones, and collecting possibly haunted curios from the 19th century. Her online gallery can be found at SaraRichard.com.