50 20th century cocktail recipes, illustrated with vintage postcards Cocktail culture boomed in the United States after Prohibition, starting with the jazz-filled cocktail lounges and elegant supper clubs in New York City and, as rail and automotive travel advanced, flowing all the way to the postwar-era resorts and cabaret night spots of California and beyond. Barkeepers
50 20th century cocktail recipes, illustrated with vintage postcards
Cocktail culture boomed in the United States after Prohibition, starting with the jazz-filled cocktail lounges and elegant supper clubs in New York City and, as rail and automotive travel advanced, flowing all the way to the postwar-era resorts and cabaret night spots of California and beyond. Barkeepers and mixologists across the country were developing new-fangled concoctions like the Red Snapper, the Santa Fe Cooler, and Cooper’s Ranch Punch. A newly liberated America couldn’t get enough.
The unique cocktail lounges, hotel bars, and other more exotic drinking venues (ice rinks, carousels, and tropical gardens, just to name a few) defined this era of drinking culture and were immortalized in the linen postcards used to advertise them. With over 50 vintage cocktail recipes (including several modern twists), fascinating historical vignettes, and more than 150 pieces of vintage ephemera, you will be transported to an era of unbridled indulgence and distinct glamour.
150 color illustrations
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Didnât put the book down!!! Awesome book!!!! The book is so informative. You learn not only a recipe but the origin behind it all. The story about each is so interesting. I truly enjoyed it. Read the whole book at once.
Such an interesting book I was so happily surprised by this book. First of all it’s beautiful. The linen postcards are a real treasure. And the texts are so interesting. This is a book written by people who have a real feel for history and for what makes history so interesting. The book took me back to a time before this time and brought that time alive for me. A real treat.
I love this book I love this book, it is so well written the postcards and artwork is so beautifully done. The way the writers incorporated the postcards and the history of the drinks is such a wonderful concept. I have been telling all my friend about this book. This book makes a great gift.