Michael Dietsch

Michael Dietsch has written three books. The latest, SAVORY AND SWEET SHRUBS, arrives Fall 2025 from Countryman Press, a division of Norton. His second book, WHISKEY, is available right now from Countryman. WHISKEY examines the history of this beloved brown spirit and provides 75 recipes for mixing it into cocktails. His first, SHRUBS: AN OLD-FASHIONED DRINK FOR MODERN TIMES, explores the thousand-year-old beverage by the same name, with recipes for making your own and incorporating them into beverages, both boozy and dry. Dietsch is a writer, editor, drinker, husband, and stay-at-home dad to two beautiful children, living in the great city of Baltimore, Maryland.