Cody McDevitt is a reporter for the Somerset Daily American and co-author of “Pittsburgh Drinks: A History of Cocktails, Nightlife and Bartending Tradition,” to be published in spring 2017.
In 1968, Pittsburgh Chef Ferdinand Metz cabled from Frankfurt, Germany, to tell his friends that the U.S. Team won the Grand Gold Award in the International Culinary Competition. He was at the top of the culinary world, with 16 gold medals and the grand award given to him and his team. And thousands…
