num_pages: 160
description: I love a martiniBut two at the most.Three Im under the table;Four Im under the host.Raise a glass to Dorothy Parkers wit and wisdom.Kevin C. Fitzpatrick founder and president of the Dorothy Parker Society gives us an intoxicating new look at the doyenne of the ripping riposte through the lens she most preferred: the bottom of a glass. A bar book for Parker enthusiasts and literary tipplers alike Under the Table offers a unique take on Mrs. Parker the Algonquin Round Table and the Jazz Age by celebrating the cocktails that she her bitter friends and sweetest enemies enjoyed. Each entry of this delicious compendium offers a fascinating and lively history of a period cocktail a complete recipe and the characters associated with it. The book also features a special selection of twenty firstcentury speakeasy-style recipes from the countrys top mixologists. Topping it off are excerpts from Parkers poems stories and other writings that will allow you to enjoy her world from the speakeasies of New York City to the watering holes of Hollywood.
language: English
title: Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide
publisher: Lyons Press