Elana Lepkowski

Location: Los Angeles, California

Education: University of Rhode Island, California State University, Los Angeles

Expertise: Cocktails

Elana Lepkowski is a Los Angeles-based mixologist, photographer, and blogger.
Her blog, Stir and Strain, has been featured on Kitchn, Bravotv.com, Buzzfeed, Imbibe, Liquor.com, Huffington Post, Food, and many others.
Elana's blog was nominated four times for best cocktail blog by Saveur.

Experience

Elana Lepkowski is a Los Angeles-based mixologist who photographs and shares her cocktail recipes at her StirAndStrain. In addition to Serious Eats, Elana has contributed to Simply Recipes, Dinnerparty Download, DineXDesign.com, and Freutcake.com. Elana's blog has been featured on Kitchn, Bravotv.com, Buzzfeed, Imbibe, Liquor.com, Huffington Post, Food, and many others. Stir and Strain was also a finalist for a best cocktail blog by Saveur in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018.

Elana is a veteran creative director with a background in the arts and photography.

About Serious Eats

Serious Eats, a Dotdash brand, is an award-winning food and drink website visited by over 7 million hungry readers every month. Our audience comes to us for rigorously tested recipes, science-driven cooking techniques, robust equipment reviews, and stories that offer cultural and historical context to the foods we love to eat.

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