Carey Jones Carey Jones is a San Francisco-based freelance writer who covers spirits, drinks, food, and travel. Her bylines appear in The New York Times, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Saveur, Vogue, Travel + Leisure, and others. She is the author of Brooklyn Bartender (2016) and co-author of Be Your Own Bartender (2018). Experience For almost two decades, cocktail enthusiast Carey Jones has traveled the world to report on spirits and cocktails. She has toured shochu distilleries in Japan and cut peat in Scotland. Cary has also interviewed coffee growers in Brazil and eaten her way through Malaysia. Carey spent five years as an editor at Serious Eats, where she wrote various feature columns, including "Dining Out," "Taste Tester", and "Food Industry." She was the New York site editor when the Serious Eats team was honored with a James Beard Award for Best Food Blog in 2010. She wrote a weekly drinks column "Liquor Cabinet Roulette" for Food & Wine's website with her husband John McCarthy. They specialized in creating accessible and deliciously inventive cocktails for the home bartender. Education Carey graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor of arts in English language and literature/letters. About Food & Wine Food & Wine, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is an award-winning online resource for anyone passionate about the culinary world. With rigorously tested recipes and the most trusted restaurant, drinks, culinary travel and home coverage, we inspire and empower people everywhere to discover, create, and devour the best in food and wine. Learn more about us and our editorial process.