Tomato Pickup

Season Two of Tomato Pickup officially kicks off the Bloody Mary Index, wherein host Andrea Grimes and listeners test store-shelf Bloodies in search of a winner. This time, we talk to scholar and abortion funder Amanda Reyes, who crafts a porch-swing-perfect Bloody Mary out of a mediocre mix.

Yep, this is 100000% a real and true episode about making Bloody Mary Mimosas, a real thing that is definitely happening! YOOOOLLOOOOOOOOO.

Some said it couldn't be done. Some said it shouldn't be done. We said: Nah, we are definitely gonna make some pumpkin spice Bloody Marys. Tune in for three pumpkin spice drinks, plus a minor dressing-down about the five things you're (probably) doing wrong when it comes to mixing Bloodies at home.

Join host Andrea Grimes as she conjures up two delightfully spicy, smoky and spooky barbecue Bloodies before delving into the deep misogyny of the Bloody Mary mirror legend.

Mix up an easy and portable Bloody Mary for your fall tailgating and trick-or-treating needs before heading to San Francisco's Alembic for a conversation with co-owner Mikha and bar manager Kat about how they developed their no-substitutions-please mole mezcal Bloody Mary, and also an extended holler about how build-your-own Bloody menus are the dang worst.

[content note: there is non-specific discussion of gendered violence at the beginning of this show, it starts 52 seconds in and stops at about 2:40] Join host Andrea Grimes for a quick primer on aeration as she takes a listener question on livening up lackluster Bloody bases, taking on a popular grocery-shelf mix and a canned catastrophe from Cutwater Spirits. Shout out to longtime listener Jonathan for his simple but effective Cutwater shortcut!  

Host Andrea Grimes takes a reader question about garish garnishes, and dips her toe in to the world of micheladas, that spicy and icy beer cocktail perfect for a weekend by the water. 

Midwestern gastronomic aficionados and food-and-bev journos Emma Janzen (of Imbibe mag) and Paula Forbes (GQ, author of The Austin Cookbook) join host Andrea Grimes to talk about the unique majesty of Midwestern Bloody Marys. On the second half of the show, we test Emma's recipes for two bitter-accented Bloodies.

You know the Bloody Mary, but do you know the Red Snapper? What about the Morning Glory or -- the Tomato Pick-Up? On this episode of the world's only Bloody Mary podcast, host Andrea Grimes takes listeners on a historical jaunt through cocktail history to find out how the Bloody Mary got its name.

One Bloody Mary ... two Bloodies Mary? Nope. Nopenopenope. Host Andrea Grimes makes her argument for the proper pluralization of Bloody Marys before taking to the skies to find out whether the drink tastes better on airplanes.   

Listen to the first-ever episode of Tomato Pickup, the only podcast about the best drink on earth: the Bloody Mary! On the show: host Andrea Grimes takes you through an abbreviated history of the Bloody Mary and tests two recipes, including a popular supermarket-shelf Bloody Mary mix that is widely beloved and absolutely awful (but can be improved with one weird trick -- tune in to find out what it is).