Straight up or on the rocks : the story of the American cocktail William Grimes

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grimes, William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cocktails.

Alcoholic beverages--United States--History.

Alcoholic beverages.

Physical Description:

xx, 186 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : North Point Press, 2001.

Summary:

After exploring the proto-cocktails of the early nineteenth century, Grimes tracks the rise of the saloon and the bartender, and the spread of the American cocktail to Europe the golden age of the cocktail, from 1880 to 1920, when classics such as the Bronx, Manhattan, martini, and daiquiri came into being the Jazz Age and the subterranean world of the speakeasy the post-Prohibition lull and the Cold War landscape of cocktails that followed the strange efflorescence of a Polynesian-influenced lounge culture and the recent resurgence that has produced a wave of exciting new drinks. (The martini, of course, gets a chapter of its own.) The book includes about one hundred recipes-half of them new for this edition-for both classics and innovations.

Contents:

The Martini: The king of cocktails and how it grew

Conceived in Liberty: Cut loose from England, the colonial settlers find that strange ingredients are no obstacle to making a good drink

First Stirrings: Heading west with whiskey on their minds, the pioneers make a remarkable discovery

Swinging Doors: In an era of opulence, the watering holes were as ornate as the cocktails

The Iceman Cometh: The big chill sets in, and the cocktail takes off

The Golden Age: The cocktails that made the quattrocento of American drink

The Jazz Age: The booze was bad, but the speakeasies were good

Reconstruction: America turns to the gray flannel cocktail

Vodka Uber Alles: From Russia with love, the ultimate cocktail fuel

The Cocktail Resurgent: The American cocktail rediscovers its roots, and flourishes anew

Recipes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

HSP Historic Culinary Arts Collection.

ISBN:

0865476012

9780865476011

086547656X

9780865476561

OCLC:

46884246

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