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John deBary may currently be best known for cofounding the Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation, an advocacy group which has taken on an outsized role during the pandemic by launching Restaurant Workers COVID-19 Crisis Relief Fund to help support restaurants and their workers impacted by stay-at-home orders across the country.

But deBary is also a renowned mixologist who has crafted cocktails for some of the hottest venues in New York City, from the speakeasy PDT to the restaurant group Momofuku. He recently served up , a mixology guidebook that breaks the science down for novices, while offering insights even a pro can learn from.

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