Angela Dugan: From Garden to Glass.
Discover how to use some of the best Florida plants for creating delicious mocktails. We will dive into the basics for developing mocktails, the use of trigeminal effects, and how to incorporate a variety of herbs and plants into syrups, garnishes, tonics and more to create flavorful mocktails.
Angela Dugan has spent nearly 20 years behind cocktail bars and almost as long creating cocktail and mocktail menus for a variety of bars and restaurants. She has used cocktails as a creative outlet and has always worked under the premise that if it can work in the kitchen, it can work in a drink. Her and her husband are owners of Kapow Noodle Bar and have been using herbs and plants in cocktails since they first opened.
Angela has a Masters in Holistic Nutrition where she first started studying herbal medicine. Growing up on a farm with a large garden, she has always been connected to plants, from food to medicine then on to beverages. Creating cocktails and craft ingredients for her drinks, her husband Vaughan and her opened their own craft cocktail ingredient and garnish company, Dugan and Dame. She creates Tonics and Bitters utilizing traditional methods of medicine making. Dugan and Dame also provides cocktail garnishes and rims - all the ingredients to make a tasty and beautiful beverage