Nora McGunnigle: beer, food, cocktail, wine, culture, and travel writer.
Areas of Expertise:
*Beer culture
*Brewery profiles
*Food/restaurant culture and education
*Travel/tourism relating to beer, food, booze, and other beverages
*Cocktail culture
*Distillery profiles
*The role/accomplishments of women in the beer, cocktail, and food worlds
*Beer, food, spirits history
*Marketing/website content
*Narrative style stories and essays
*Interviews
Examples of work:
Travel Focused:
- New Orleans’ Music Walking Tours (Where Traveler, April 2018)
- Shreveport-Bossier: Louisiana’s Other Side (Louisiana Kitchen & Culture, May/June 2017)
- Denver Bars and Breweries Go Into Overdrive for Great American Beer Festival (CraftBeer.com, October 2017)
- How to Plan a Beer Vacation (Beer Necessities, August 2017)
- New Orleans Brewery Tours For Every Type of Traveler (Where Traveler, June 2017)
Beer:
- Beercation: Finding Great Beer in New Orleans (Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine, April 2018)
- Crisis Management: Breweries Persevere Through a Year of Natural Disasters (Beer Advocate, January 2018)
- 6 Craft Beer Bars That Changed Their City’s Beer Scene (CraftBeer.com, June 2017)
- On Location: Courtyard Brewery in New Orleans (All About Beer, May 2017)
Food:
- Broad Appeal (Country Roads Magazine, January 2018)
- Interview: Kristen Essig (New Orleans Living Magazine, January 2018)
- Nathan Myhrvold Brings Modernist Cuisine to the French Quarter (Eater NOLA, November 2017)
- Hogs for the Cause: Fighting Brain Cancer with BBQ in New Orleans (Thrillist National, April 2017)
- New Orleans’ Vietnamese Bakeries Blend Tradition and Taste (Thrillist NOLA, November 2016)
Booze/Spirits/Cocktails:
- Sugarcane and Sweet Potatoes (Louisiana Cultural Vistas, March 2018)
- 6 New Orleans Distilleries You Need to Visit (Where Traveler, November 2016)
- The History of Cocktails in New Orleans (Thrillist, October 2016)
- 11 Female Bartenders You Need to Know in New Orleans (Thrillist, Devember 2015)
- Tiki Tourism: Just Add Rum (GoNOLA.com, June 2015)
Wine:
- Rich and Pour (Rouses Magazine, Sept/Oct 2016)