Cocktails Across America: A Postcard View of Cocktail Culture in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s
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Description de l’éditeur
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.
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In this debut book, Lapis and Peck-Davis share selections from their impressive collection of vintage bar and restaurant postcards, along with recipes for classic cocktails either created or served at those destinations. The diligent duo serve up page after page of lounges and restaurants across the country along with recipes for classic cocktails that are seeing a resurgence in popularity, such as the Ramos Gin Fizz, Moscow Mule, Aviation, and Hemingway's beloved daiquiri. Surprise entries include in-house ice skating rinks (paired with the Thin Ice Cocktail, made with absinthe), revolving merry-go-round cocktail bars, the rise of bowling culture, and a Las Vegas saloon that included on its postcard images of an actual atomic blast ( and the Atomic Cocktail). Astute imbibers will appreciate the inclusion of classic venues like L.A.'s long-gone Brown Derby, and New Orleans' legendary Carousel Lounge, which is still serving drinks. This is an impressive work that deserves a spot on the shelf of cocktail aficionados.