Liana Scarsella
Liana Scarsella is a creative writer and editor whose hiatus from the Northwest during her college career strengthened both her writing skills and her desire to return to the greater Seattle area. Since graduating from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree in English and a professional editing minor, Scarsella has gained experience in marketing, writing and editing for a variety of food, wine and travel publications including national publications Touring & Tasting and CIDERCRAFT magazines, food blog Girls On Food and of course, Sip Northwest. She holds commas and craft beverages close to her heart, and aspires to write about the latter indefinitely.

The Pomologist: Lee Calhoun

“I never decided to be an apple expert,” says Lee Calhoun (née Creighton Lee Calhoun Jr.), the man who (literally) wrote the book on Southern apples. “I kind of backed into it.” After retiring from the army in 1976, Calhoun and his wife, Edith, put down roots on...

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In Preview: Cider Summit San Francisco

Over 120 ciders will be available at the third annual Cider Summit San Francisco on Saturday, April 23. The event will highlight both domestic and international ciders. Classic regional favorites and new limited edition ciders will be pourin’ all afternoon. The...

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