Spatula Diaries: Atop ‘Heaven’s Hill’–and other thoughts on bourbon

“September is National Bourbon Heritage Month, thanks to a congressional decree passed two years ago that celebrates the whisky as America’s native spirit. I got to know bourbon a long time ago, well before Congress would have approved, so I approach it with both anthropological appreciation and a slight gag reflex. But with football season in full swing, and fall en route, it is a nice time to break it out.” So recommends 225 food blogger Maggie Richardson. To get her new favorite bourbon-base cocktail, click here to read this week’s Spatula Diaries.