"In this new, updated edition, Dr. Cocktail vastly widens his examination of 1920-1933, the thirteen-year period when women got the Vote, child labor was abolished and, ironically, saw the cocktail elevated, prolonged, and expanded, spreading this signature American drink form in tasty ripples around the world.
All this, plus more drink recipes! Nothing is so desired as the thing denied. Prohibition made people want cocktails very, very badly. Because ""synthetic"" liquor was the easiest to make, it was also the easiest to get. Problematically, it tasted awful and wasn't exactly good for you either. Cocktails with their melange of flavors were a made-to-order method for disguising the bad hooch. Along with 100+ rare and delicious authentic recipes gathered from old cocktail manuals and scraps of paper never published, this illustrated trip down mixology lane tells the fascinating origins of the cocktail and how it evolved over time, including its rising popularity during Prohibition. Vintage illustrations and advertisements, photos of old bottles and cocktail artifacts, and fascinating Prohibition-era photographs bring the tippling past back to vivid life. Recipes for rare treasures like The Fogcutter, Knickerbocker a la Monsieur, The Moscow Mule, and Satan's Whiskers are each presented with: Historical background on its origin and cultural context Drink Notes that provide additional information on ingredients and tips for substitutions and variations A luscious, full-color photo of the cocktail
A resource guide at the back tells you exactly where to get some of the rarer ingredients. This homage to the great bartenders of the past and the beverages they created also profiles some of the most influential cocktail pioneers of today. For anyone who enjoys an icy drink and an unforgettable tale, this is a must-have volume."
By:
Ted Haigh
Imprint: Quarry Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 197mm,
Width: 171mm,
ISBN: 9781631598951
ISBN 10: 1631598953
Pages: 364
Publication Date: 03 March 2020
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface to the Revised Edition Greetings, Cocktail Archaeologists! Cocktail Archaeology: A Trip Down Mixology Lane The Recipes: The Alamagoozlum Cocktail The Algonquin Cocktail The Amarosa Cocktail Arnaud's Special Cocktail The Avenue The Aviation Barbara West Cocktail Barnum (Was Right) Cocktail The Bebbo Cocktail The Blackthorn Cocktail The Blinker Blood and Sand The Blue Moon Blue Paradise Boulevardier The Brandy Crusta The Brooklyn Cocktail The Calvados Cocktail Chatham Hotel Special The Coffee Cocktail The Communist The Corpse Reviver #2 Crimean Cup a la Marmora Curacao Punch The Delicious Sour The Derby The Diki-Diki Doctor Cocktail East India Cocktail The Fairbank Cocktail The Filmograph Cocktail Fish House Punch The Flying Dutchman The Fogcutter Fogcutter (Early) Ford Cocktail The Fred Collins Fiz The French 75 The Georgia Mint Julep Golden Dawn Hanky Panky Have a Heart Cocktail Honeymoon Cocktail Income Tax Cocktail The Jack Rose Cocktail Japalac Jasper's Jamaican Planter's Punch The Jupiter Cocktail Knickerbocker a la Monsieur La Floridita Daiquiri Leatherneck Cocktail The Liberal The Lion's Tail Lucien Gaudin Cocktail Mamie Taylor Milk Punch The Millionaire Cocktail The Modernista The Monkey Gland The Moscow Mule The Mother-in-Law Cocktail Palm Beach Special Park Avenue Cocktail Pegu Club Cocktail Pendennis Cocktail Picon Punch Pink Gin Ritz Sidecar The Rose Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail Saint Croix Rum Fix Satan's Whiskers The Scofflaw The Secret Cocktail The Seelbach Cocktail Seventh Heaven The Soother Soyer au Champagne The Straits Sling Three to One Cocktail Twelve Mile Limit The Twentieth Century Cocktail The Vesper Vieux Carre Cocktail Vowel Cocktail The Widow's Kiss Don the Beachcomber's Zombie Sidebar: Online Pioneers Appendices: Extra Credit: More Drinks and Mixtures We've Discussed Resource Guide: What It Is and Where to Get It Bibliography Afterword About the Author Index
Ted Haigh, a.k.a. Dr. Cocktail, makes his living as a graphic designer in the Hollywood movie industry and has worked on such spectacles as O Brother Where Art Thou?, American Beauty, and The Insider. Although he has been diligently researching cocktails since the '80s, his moonlighting as a cocktail historian became public in 1995, when he hosted the America Online spirits boards. In the intervening years, he has been quoted and referenced by the New York Times, Esquire and Men's Journal, as well as various books and other media.
