About
Social historian and the writer of "The Café Brûlot," published in the fall of 2021 by Louisiana State University (LSU) press, Sue is a veteran journalist with a focus on art, culture, culinary and cocktail of New Orleans and Louisiana. She has written for The Times-Picayune, New Orleans Advocate, Gambit New Orleans, Time (Asia), New Orleans House and Gardens, HG (House and Garden) magazine, New Orleans Magazine, Inside New Orleans, St. Charles Avenue, Uptown/Mid-City Messenger, Louisiana Life and the Camellia Beans blog, among others.
She is also a copy editor, editor and reporter for Benzinga, a business news site, and for various projects.
You can see some of her work at suestrachan.com; or go to her social media: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook: @SueStrachan504
Featured Work
The Café Brûlot
The Café Brûlot examines the cocktail that was born of a legend and has endured through the centuries, showcasing New Orleans’s love of flavored drama. A combination of coffee, liquor, and fire, Café Brûlot also goes by the name Café Brûlot Diabolique, “devilishly incendiary coffee.” Varying somewhat depending on what restaurant makes it, the base ingredients of this unusual after-dinner drink are coffee, brandy, sugar, cinnamon, lemon, oranges, cloves, and sometimes an orange liqueur. Although the drink may have originated in France, Café Brûlot is primarily mixed in New Orleans, making it a unique Crescent City tradition. In this entertaining book, Sue Strachan delves into the history of the cocktail, the story of its various ingredients, and the customary implements used to serve it.
