As we transition from winter to spring in a pandemic, we are thinking about self-care, rejuvenation and the intersections between pleasure, healing, and resiliency.

Join food and energy alchemist Jovan Sage along with mixologist Tiffanie Barriere as they dive into the relationships between plants and cocktails. From the history of botanicals in gin and bitters to the possibilities of teas and fermented drinks, we're going to give ourselves permission to explore the pleasure and sometimes healing potential of cocktails. 

JOVAN SAGE

As the Alchemist behind Sage’s Larder, Jovan Sage guides people to find their own healing and resiliency through food, tea and plants.

Her work is interwoven between her roles as food alchemist, herbalist, birthworker, agri(cultural) advocate, facilitator, & change-maker with a focus on the intersections of race, culture within wellness, sustainability, food and agriculture.

Jovan is an Institute for Integrative Nutrition certified health coach and chef and  trained as a Holistic Fertility, Birth, Postpartum Doula + Placenta Encapsulator under the National Black Doulas Association and Maternal Support Practitioner with BeBoMia and Women’s Herbal Educator certification under Dr. Aviva Romm, Herbalist, MD, Midwife.

TIFFANIE BARRIERE

Tiffanie Barriere is a bartender, influencer, and educator who has been awarded with some of the beverage industry’s highest honors. The Bar Smart graduate is a Tastemakers of the South award-winner who spent seven years as the beverage director of One Flew South , the “Best Airport Bar in the World.”

She is known for creative and innovative cocktail menus for pop-up dinners and bar consultancy clients; hosting mixology classes around the nation, and connecting culinary and farm culture with spirits. Tiffanie is a member of the Tales of the Cocktail Grants Committee, the James Beard Beverage Advisory Board, and a member of the Atlanta chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier. She received the Tales of the Cocktails Dame of the Year award 2020 and the cover photo of Imbibe Magazine for the Top 75 for Imbibe.

Her reputation as a public historian has opened doors for her to speak on panels at such venues as Fire, Flour & Fork, Southern Foodways Symposium, and the Soul Summit, and she has interpreted the cocktails of African American and women firsts in spirits at the James Beard House in New York City.