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The newly up to date version of David Wondrich’s definitive information to basic American cocktails.
Cocktail author and historian David Wondrich presents the colourful, little-known historical past of basic American drinks–and the final word mixologist’s guide–in this participating homage to Jerry Thomas, father of the American bar.
Wondrich reveals never-before-published particulars and tales about this larger-than-life nineteenth-century determine, together with definitive recipes for greater than 100 punches, cocktails, sours, fizzes, toddies, slings, and different important drinks, together with detailed historic and mixological notes.
The primary version, printed in 2007, received a James Beard Award. Now up to date with newly found recipes and historic info, this re-creation consists of the origins of the primary American drink, the Mint Julep (which Wondrich locations earlier than the American Revolution), and people of the Cocktail itself. It additionally offers extra element about nineteenth century spirits, many new and colourful anecdotes and particulars about Thomas’s life, and a variety of significantly notable, scrumptious, and influential cocktails not lined within the unique version, rounding out the image of pre-Prohibition tippling.
This colourful and good-humored quantity is a must-read for anybody who appreciates the timeless attraction of a well-made drink-and the uniquely American historical past behind it.
Writer : TarcherPerigee; Revised version (April 7, 2015)
Language : English
Hardcover : 384 pages
ISBN-10 : 0399172610
ISBN-13 : 978-0399172618
Merchandise Weight : 1.1 kilos
Dimensions : 5.71 x 1.24 x 8.51 inches
