Expect lots of housemade stuff, including some shrubs. And Keil says he likes mezcal because it’s a spirit made mostly in tiny batches by individual farmers in Oaxaca, a sort of boozy take on the farm-to-table way of thinking. He got into rum in his early bartending days working at a “tiki-esque” bar. This time around, Keil is focusing on spirits of Latin America-like cachaca, tequila, rum, and my newly beloved mezcal. The name and the partner suggest Americana. He’s partnering with Matt Sweitzer, one of the guys behind Cal’s Classic American in Kent and Cal's Classic American Kitchen deep in the Amazon, but the project isn’t affiliated with Sweitzer’s restaurant group. It’s pointless for me to dwell on it, so I’d rather talk about this: Keil is busy opening his own place, called Hilltop Kitchen. So it was big news in T-Town when Keil and 1022 South parted ways last week. Maybe ever? He introduces seemingly argumentative ingredients-like bourbon and Chartreuse-and tempers them with a fleet of uncommon liqueurs and bitters and tinctures. And while I don’t get down there near enough, I’ll say Keil’s cocktail program is (was) one of my favorite in the state. If you’ve been to Tacoma’s 1022 South cocktail bar, you’ve probably experienced the magic of Chris Keil. Real, abundant gifts as a writer – this is urbane, serious, but also seriously entertaining writing.Tacoma's former Tempest Lounge is about a month away from becoming a den of rum and mezcal and excellent cocktails. There were so many sentences I read with genuine envy, or respect, or simple out-and-out delight, and so many brilliant images.
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A cast of eccentric characters explore themes of philosophy & spirituality.” .uk “There is much to admire in the novel, particularly the strength and lucidity of Keil’s prose… Keil has an eye for the sensual world, evoking it with many an original turn of phrase.” Jonathan Carr, Athens News “A thoroughly professional story-teller… parades before us a fetching variety of entertaining characters.” John Trethewy, Welsh Books Council “Chris Keil’s second novel Liminal has marked him out as a writer to watch.” ‘Meet the Author’ Library Services Event, South Wales “A sophisticated, deeply mature work, shot through with oodles of lovely writing and shored up by many insights and ideas. Mysteries develop and are resolved, wholly or partially, against richly evoked backdrops. The tempo of the work develops the urgency of a crime novel & I read large tracts of the book in single sittings. “This is an enchanting novel that continues to reveal its secrets long after you have put it down.” New Welsh Review “This intelligent novel shows those liminal moments where a door may open onto another world.” John Jones, Western Mail “Weaves a knot between Wales & Greece, between the past & the present & between what is above & below the surface of our consciousness. Ben Shephard Author of: A War of Nerves After Daybreak The Long Road Home
Hopkins had turned to prose and lived to see the modern age… a very good novel – the product of a formidable and original mind. It is simultaneously reflective and entertaining philosophical and dryly humorous.” Ceri Shaw, Flirting at the Funeral is a philosophical novel in the best sense, beautifully written, as if G.M. A good read,with plenty for reading groups to discuss.” newbooks magazine () “ Liminal is a subtle and haunting novel which succeeds on many levels. Despite the urgency of the quest, the author cleverly portrays a gentle undertone as the search is carried out through the cities, towns and villages of Greece. Chris Keil’s vivid descriptions paint a clear picture, not only of what is happening around them, but also the thoughts and the frustrations of the family looking for their loved one. John Harrison “In following Aled, each member of the search party is altered, all returning to their home soil changed and realising that, as with Orpheus and Eurydice, the trick is not to look back.” Planet “I found the story most absorbing. “Keil’s writing, which is limpid and often arrestingly vivid, has a charged quality that conveys the mysteries pulsing behind the everyday surfaces of things.” Nicholas Clee, The Guardian “A subtle and intricate meditation on the blurry junctures separating us from the past, from each other, and finally from ourselves.” Tristan Hughes “Reading Liminal, a novel by Chris Keil from Welsh press Alcemi… Liminal’s central enigma is rewarding and human.” M.
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