This episode is sponsored by Chrissie Zaerpoor, author of The Art of Mead Tasting and Food Pairing. A 5 star culinary journey around the world pairing good food with good mead. Get your copy today at meadandfood.com.
Chrissie Zearpoor stops by the Mead House and by request, pairs meads with foods offered by JD, Jeff and Ryan. Chrissie also talks about the strategy of pairing meads, and why it is so difficult to pair beer and wine, yet so easy to pair meads. Do you cheat at making mead? Ryan leads a discussion about what some consider cheating in making mead, but is it really?
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