Print Interviews, Profiles, Etc.
“Amazon Developing ‘Girl Waits With Gun’ Drama Series, Deadline, April 24, 2018
“Girl Waits With Gun” Tells Tale of the Charlie’s Angels of a Bygone Era, New York Times, September 17, 2015
Author Unearths Once-Famous Bergen County Sisters in New Book, NorthJersey.com, August 30, 2015
Author’s Obsession with Wyckoff Sisters Continues to Fans’ Delight, NorthJersey.com, September 15, 2016
‘Lady Cop Makes Trouble’ trails trailblazing deputy sheriff into Rutherford, NorthJersey.com, September 22, 2016
Finding Fiction in Facts: Amy Stewart, Publishers Weekly, August 21, 2015
Berry Patch Cocktail Recipe, O, The Oprah Magazine, June 2013
“The Drunken Botanist”: Author Amy Stewart Explores the Plants We Love to Drink, Postmedia Network Inc., May 31, 2013
Fresh and Flavorful: Use Herbs to Kick Up Your Cocktails, TODAY, May 1, 2013
Think Glass Rather Than Plate when Planting This Year’s Garden, The Kansas City Star, April 30, 2013
How Bookselling Is Like Bartending, Publishers Weekly, April 26, 2013
“Drunken Botanist” Author Explores the Plants Behind Our Favorite Cocktails, The Miami Herald, April 11, 2013
How to Grow a Cocktail with Amy Stewart, the Drunken Botanist, Modern Farmer, April 9, 2013
Liquid Diet: Q&A with Author Amy Stewart, Boston magazine, April 9, 2013
A Chat with Amy Stewart, The Drunken Botanist, Chicago Reader, April 5, 2013
Gardening for a Well-Stocked Bar, Times Media Company, April 4, 2013
Are You Ready for Cocktails? Take the Quiz, Los Angeles Times, April 2, 2013
The Botany of Booze, Discover, March 2013
Booze and Botany – Yes, They Do Mix, Los Angeles Magazine, March 25, 2013
Amy Stewart and Brad Thomas Parsons on the History and Future of Botanical Mixology, AmazonBlogs: Omnivoracious, March 25, 2013
“The Drunken Botanist:” Cocktail Plants, from Garden to Glass, Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2013
Enjoying That Margarita? Thank a Botanist, Kirkus Reviews, March 21, 2013
“Drunken Botanist” Explores DIY Cocktails, San Francisco Chronicle, March 17, 2013
8 Things You Can Turn into Alcohol, The Huffington Post, March 17, 2013
Exploring Plants’ Tipsy Role over the Centuries, San Francisco Chronicle, March 15, 2013
Talking with Amy Stewart, ShakeStir, March 15, 2013
The Drunken Botanist: A New Book from Amy Stewart, Leaf Magazine, Spring 2013
High-Spirited Gardeners Transform Plants Into Cocktails, Beers, Liqueurs, Associated Press, March 12, 2013
Literary Pitches, United’s Hemispheres Magazine, March 2013
Talking Botany & Booze with Amy Stewart, Imbibe Magazine, Jan/Feb 2013
Garden to Glass, Sunset Magazine, Feb 2013
Q&A with Amy Stewart, Portland Monthly, Feb 2013
“At Home With Amy Stewart” New York Times
“Can You Dig It?” Wall Street Journal
“To Pull a Thorn from the Side of the Planet” New York Times
“Stink Bugs: It Could Be Worse” New York Times
“Amy Stewart’s Wicked Plants at SF Conservatory” San Francisco Chronicle
“Saying It With Flowers and Saving the Planet” Scripps-Howard News Service
“I Love You So Much, I Saved the World” Associated Press
“Stop and Smell the Cut Flowers” Los Angeles Times
“Author’s Hard Look at the Cut Flower Industry” Santa Cruz Sentinel
“Bloom for Improvement” Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Modern Bride (PDF) , December 2006
Society of American Florists responds to NYT editorial (PDF) , Floral Management, July 2006
“Green Flowers: Arcata’s Sun Valley Goes Sustainable” North Coast Journal, Sept. 8, 2005
San Jose Mercury News
Op-Eds, Essays, & Articles by Amy Stewart
Op-Eds
“Female Police Officers Save Lives”, New York Times, July 26, 2016
“Leaves of Grass, An Illegal Story”, New York Times, November 14, 2010
“How the Worm Turns” Op-Ed, New York Times, April 22, 2007
“Local Color” , New York Times, February 14, 2007
“Pick Your Poison: The Dark Side of the Mother’s Day Bouquet” New York Times, May 14, 2006 (PDF file)
Book Reviews
Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells by Helen Scales, Washington Post, July 31, 2015
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, by Mary Roach, Washington Post, April 7, 2013
Chasing Doctor Dolittle, by Con Slobodchikoff Washington Post, December 29, 2012
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson Washington Post, September 28, 2012
The Violinist’s Thumb : And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code Washington Post, August 10, 2012
How Not to be Eaten Washington Post, March 23, 2012
Weeds, Washington Post, July 8, 2011
The Intimate Garden, The American Gardener, March 2005
Magazines
“The Lost Art of Custom-Illustrating Your Favorite Books”, LitHub, August 2016
“Plant Scandals”, Sunset, April 2009
“Flower Power”, Foreign Policy Magazine, July 2007
Fortune Small Business (cover) , (article), December 2006
Newspapers
“Organic Nurseries Budding”, San Francisco Chronicle, October 6, 2007
“Garden Walks a World Apart”, San Francisco Chronicle, August 15, 2007
“A Year-Round Source for Cut Flowers” San Francisco Chronicle
This Valentine’s Day, Green is the New Red San Francisco Chronicle
“Wiggly Wigglers Podcasts Dish the Dirt on Gardening”, San Francisco Chronicle, September 2006
“Southwestern Look in Bay Area Gardens”, San Francisco Chronicle, August 2006
“Incorporating culinary elements into the perennial border”, San Francisco Chronicle, May 2004
“Harvesting Art from the Garden” San Francisco Chronicle, May 2005
“The Man who Would Feed the World, John Jeavons’ farming methods contain lessons for backyard gardeners too” San Francisco Chronicle, May 2002
Amy has written a column for the North Coast Journal since 2001. Read those here.
