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Brought together in one delightful and informative guide are the top 101 cocktails to try before you die, from the classics (Old-Fashioned, Manhattan, Vesper) to the less well-known (Scofflaw, Irish Mermaid, Bramble). With fascinating insight, this book takes the reader on a captivating tour through history's most famous (and infamous) cocktails. Each entry comes with a detailed history, entertaining anecdotes and of course a list of ingredients, as well as retellings of cocktail myths and legends. Whether you are a spirits aficionado or simply enjoy a good drink, this is the must-have cocktail handbook.
English summary: Convinced that alcohol enriches more lives than it destroys, Francois Monti traces the unsuccessful history of prohibition movements, from initial English efforts during the eighteenth century, to the failed attempt of the United States and the banning of Absinthe in France at the beginning of the twentieth century. French description: Convaincu que l'alcool enrichit bien plus de vies qu'il n'en detruit, l'auteur decortique les echecs des differentes politiques prohibitionnistes. Les catastrophes economiques et sociales de l'interdiction du gin dans l'Angleterre du 18e siecle auraient du servir d'exemple. Pourtant, les Etats-Unis suivront le meme chemin avec les memes consequences. En France, si l'Absinthe s'attire les foudres des bien-pensants pour de pretendues raisons de sante publique, son interdiction sera finalement causee par les visees guerrieres du gouvernement au debut de la guerre de 1914.Contributeur de differents blogs litteraires, Francois Monti s'est specialise dans l'histoire des cocktails et spiritueux. Il collabore actuellement a Ginger Magazine et a Havana Cocteles.
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