Lisa Futterman

Contributing Editor

Lisa Futterman, ACS CCP, is a cheesemonger and freelance beverage journalist based in Chicago. Her love of cheese, wine, and spirits has taken her all over the world—from the Comté aging rooms in Fort St. Antoine in the Jura to the wild agave fields in the desert outside of Oaxaca. She contributes to Food & Wine, MSN.COM, WTTW Food, Chicago Tribune, and many other local and national publications and websites. She served as editor of Gin, The Elevated Vodka by Vincent Gatti, 2023. Find her on IG, Twitter, Threads: @futtypages.

How Award-Winning Pacific Northwest Distillers are Using Foraged Botanicals

The Pacific Northwest region of the United States is rich in diverse plant life, and local distillers are not only using local ingredients but foraged ingredients.