Cocktails A-Go-Go: Favorite Drinks from the 60s and Beyond
Mixology experts Waggoner and Markel offer this follow-up to their Vintage Cocktails: Authentic Recipes and Illustrations from 1920-1960. Complete with 1960s designs and photos, this witty, modish book is sure to catch the attention of would-be drink stylists. After listing the bartending basics (types of glasses, mixes, and condiments), the authors break out the blender with recipes for Frozen Daiquiri (which "got a big boost... when John Fitzgerald Kennedy became president") and the Grasshopper. A chapter entitled "Lounge Lizards" offers a photo of Liberace and postcard illustration of The Tropicana. Here, "no-frills drinks are the hallmark of lounge culture"-and highballs rule, whether it's a Seven and Seven, Bourbon and Branch (water) or Vodka and Tonic. On the West Coast, surfing reigned, and refreshing drinks included the Harvey Wallbanger and Sangria. With the '60s came a blast of color, and the authors don't ignore those fun technicolor drinks, such as the Creamsicle and the Cosmopolitan.Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.