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Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails: Prohibition Centennial Edition

Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails: Prohibition Centennial Edition

From the 1920 Pick-Me-Up to the Zombie and Beyond

by Ted Haigh
Paperback
Publication Date: 03/03/2020

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Historian, expert, and drink aficionado Dr. Cocktail explains how the prohibition period launched a cultural shift that elevated the art of the cocktail, saved women and children, and spread ripples around the world.

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.
ISBN:
9781631598951
9781631598951
Category:
Alcoholic beverages
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
03-03-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Quarto Publishing Group USA
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
364
Dimensions (mm):
197x146x38.1mm
Weight:
0.72kg
Ted Haigh

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.

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