Gilded Age Cocktails : : History, Lore, and Recipes from America's Golden Age / / Cecelia Tichi.

A delightful romp through America’s Golden Age of CocktailsThe decades following the American Civil War burst with invention—they saw the dawn of the telephone, the motor car, electric lights, the airplane—but no innovation was more welcome than the beverage heralded as the “cocktail.” The Gilded Ag...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 31 b/w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: “A Gilded Cocktail”
  • 1. Olympians of the bar
  • 2. A chef and a socialite suggest . . .
  • 3. To-Go Cup
  • 4. Location, Location, Location
  • 5. Spirited Cities
  • 6. Oh, the Places They Toast!
  • 7. Quaffing Collegians
  • 8. Bubbles
  • 9. “Demon Rum”
  • 10. In Honor Of—
  • 11. The Bitter(s) Truth
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Cocktail Recipes
  • About the Author