This article is adapted from the October 23, 2021, edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign up here. One cold December night last year, I sat outside in the dark with a bottle of 100-proof apple liquor and a pile of trail mix. This wasn’t me trying to cope with 2020 trauma or a breakup. Plus, I had company: two of my Gastro Obscura coworkers on Zoom, also armed with high-proof liquor, dried fruit, and nuts. We were about to play an extremely old-fashioned party game known…
