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This is exactly what it sounds like: instead of photos or
illustrations, this cocktail book is fully illustrated with oil
paintings. Featuring an all-star team, Cocktails, A Still Life is
less of a bartending guide and more of a presentation piece
attracting the eye, mind, and palate focused squarely on the
art-including the dozens of luscious, hand-painted images. As they
say, "We drink first with our eyes." Contemporary still-life master
Todd Casey has collected 60 paintings for 60 classic drink recipes,
developed by Drinkology author James Waller, that are then paired
with witty and imminently readable behind-the-bar anecdotes and
histories by beverage historian Christine Sismondo. Broken down
into sections, inspired by times and events that call for a
cocktail, the book includes art, recipes, and history. Drinks
include: Part One: Daytime Drinking * Belgian Beers * Bellini *
Bloody Mary * Mojito * Ramos Gin Fizz Part Two: Aperitivo Hour *
Aperol Spritz * Daiquiri * Gimlet * Gin & Tonic * Sgroppino
Part Three: Cocktail Party * Cosmopolitan * Long Island Iced Tea *
Mai Tai * Negroni * Vieux Carre Part Four: Celebration * Egg Nog *
French 75 * Margarita * Mezcal and Sangrita * Mint Julep Part Five:
After Dinner/Nightcap * Boulevardier * Brandy Alexander *
Grasshopper * Irish Coffee * Sake Both a sophisticated gift and a
useful cocktail-making guide, Cocktails, A Still Life is not just
for "cocktail nerds" but also for those who enjoy finely crafted
art and finely crafted beverages.
When George Washington bade farewell to his officers, he did so in
New York's Fraunces Tavern. When Andrew Jackson planned his defense
of New Orleans against the British in 1815, he met Jean Lafitte in
a grog shop. And when John Wilkes Booth plotted with his
accomplices to carry out a certain assassination, they gathered in
Surratt Tavern. In America Walks into a Bar, Christine Sismondo
recounts the rich and fascinating history of an institution often
reviled, yet always central to American life. She traces the tavern
from England to New England, showing how even the Puritans valued
"a good Beere." With fast-paced narration and lively characters,
she carries the story through the twentieth century and beyond,
from repeated struggles over licensing and Sunday liquor sales,
from the Whiskey Rebellion to the temperance movement, from
attempts to ban "treating" to Prohibition and repeal. As the
cockpit of organized crime, politics, and everyday social life, the
bar has remained vital-and controversial-down to the present. In
2006, when the Hurricane Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act was
passed, a rider excluded bars from applying for aid or tax breaks
on the grounds that they contributed nothing to the community.
Sismondo proves otherwise: the bar has contributed everything to
the American story. In this heady cocktail of agile prose and
telling anecdotes, Sismondo offers a resounding toast to taprooms,
taverns, saloons, speakeasies, and the local hangout where
everybody knows your name.
When George Washington bade farewell to his officers, he did so in
New York's Fraunces Tavern. When Andrew Jackson planned his defense
of New Orleans against the British in 1815, he met Jean Lafitte in
a grog shop. And when John Wilkes Booth plotted with his
accomplices to carry out an assassination, they gathered in Surratt
Tavern.
In America Walks into a Bar, Christine Sismondo recounts the rich
and fascinating history of an institution often reviled, yet always
central to American life. She traces the tavern from England to New
England, showing how even the Puritans valued "a good Beere." With
fast-paced narration and lively characters, she carries the story
through the twentieth century and beyond, from repeated struggles
over licensing and Sunday liquor sales, from the Whiskey Rebellion
to the temperance movement, from attempts to ban "treating" to
Prohibition and repeal. As the cockpit of organized crime,
politics, and everyday social life, the bar has remained vital--and
controversial--down to the present. In 2006, when the Hurricane
Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act was passed, a rider excluded bars
from applying for aid or tax breaks on the grounds that they
contributed nothing to the community. Sismondo proves otherwise:
the bar has contributed everything to the American story.
Now in paperback, Sismondo's heady cocktail of agile prose and
telling anecdotes offers a resounding toast to taprooms, taverns,
saloons, speakeasies, and the local hangout where everybody knows
your name.
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