About John Ash

John Ash is a wine and food educator and the owner of the restaurant John Ash & Company in Santa Rosa, CA. He has hosted two Food Network shows and is an adjunct professor at the Culinary Institute of America in Greystone. He’s also the author of the James Beard award-winning cookbooks John Ash Cooking One on One and Culinary Birds. @chefjohnash

Buttery Brioche sliced on wooden cutting board.

Buttery Brioche

Mmm. Buttery brioche. Incomparable to the store-bought stuff when made from scratch. And a heck of a lot easier to make than you’d imagine.

Martini glass filled with yellow Bee's Knees cocktail--honey, gin, and lemon--with a lemon twist

Bee’s Knees Cocktail

Made with honey syrup, the aptly named Bee’s Knees cocktail has its origin in Prohibition, back when simplicity and sweet reigned supreme.