Imbibe!
Subtitle: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar Featuring the Original Formulae
Contributors: Dale DeGroff (Foreword)
Publisher: Perigee Trade; Perigee Book/Penguin Group
Published: November 6, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780399532870
Subjects: Beverages - Bartending; History; Cooking / Bartending; Cooking; Cooking / Wine; Cocktails; Drinking customs
Description: A lively, historically informed, and definitive guide to classic American cocktails. Cocktail writer and historian David Wondrich presents the colorful, little-known history of classic American drinks--and the ultimate mixologist's guide--in this engaging homage to Jerry Thomas, father of the American bar. Wondrich reveals never-before-published details and stories about this larger-than-life nineteenth-century figure, along with definitive recipes for 100 punches, cocktails, sours, fizzes, toddies, slings, and other essential drinks, plus twenty new recipes from today's top mixologists, created exclusively for this book. This colorful and good-humored volume is a must-read for anyone who appreciates the timeless appeal of a well-made drink--and the uniquely American history behind it.--From publisher description.
Table of contents: label: Foreward
title: by Dale DeGroff
pagenum: xi; label: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 1
title: "Professor" Jerry Thomas: Jupiter Olympus of the Bar; Who reads an American book? – An American, and a Sailor, Too – In Realms of Gold – The Sporting Fraternity – Mixing Excellent Drinks – Epilogue
pagenum: 7; label: Chapter 2
title: How to Mix Drinks, or What Would Jerry Thomas Do?; I. How They Used To Do It: The Archaic Age (1783-1830) – The Baroque Age (1830-1885) – The Classic Age (1885-1920)
pagenum: 37; title: II. How to Do It Now: Bar Gear – Sugar – Twists – Cherries and Olives – Eggs – Ice – Glassware
pagenum: 49