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Prairie Rose is Food & Wine’s senior drinks editor. A trained sommelier, cocktail book author, and wine and spirits educator, in addition to Food & Wine she is also the senior editor of Liquor.com.

Founder and Editor of Bit by a Fox, winner of Saveur Magazine’s Readers’ Choice Award for Best Drinks Blog, Prairie also hosted the popular Bit by a Fox Podcast, which ran for four seasons. In addition to Food & Wine, her work has been featured in The Whiskey Wash, Men’s Health, Self Magazine, and Design Sponge, among others. She is the author of the book Mixology for Beginners: Innovative Craft Cocktails for the Home Bartender.

Prairie earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Cornish College of the Arts. She also holds a certificate from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust for completing WSET Level 3.