Nick Caruana

Location: Washington, D.C.

Expertise: Cocktails

Nick is a self-taught classic cocktail expert who particularly loves whiskey, bitters, and amari.
His blog, The Straight Up, was a finalist in 2014 for best cocktail blog in Saveur's Best Food Blog Awards.
He contributes cocktail history and recipes to publications like Serious Eats, and his recipes have been featured by a number of magazines, blogs, and distillers.

Experience

Fueled by a passion for classic cocktails, Nick Caruana is the self-taught mixer and drinker behind The Straight Up, a popular drinks blog. His interest in the drinks world began with a love for whiskey, which led to a love for Manhattans and classic cocktails in general.

He contributes both cocktail history and recipes to Serious Eats and others, and was a finalist in Saveur's 2014 Best Food Blog Awards for best cocktail blog.

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.

Dotdash is among the largest and fastest growing publishers online, and has won over 50 awards in the last year alone, including Digiday's 2020 Publisher of the Year. Dotdash brands include Verywell, Investopedia, The Balance, The Spruce, Simply Recipes, Serious Eats, Byrdie, Brides, MyDomaine, Lifewire, TripSavvy, Liquor.com, and TreeHugger.