Cocktails Across America by Diane Lapis and Anne Peck-Davis
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A Postcard View of Mid-Century Cocktail Culture
50 20th-century cocktail recipes, illustrated with vintage postcards
Cocktail culture boomed in the United States after Prohibition, beginning with the jazz-filled cocktail lounges and elegant supper clubs in New York City. As rail and automotive travel advanced, the trend spread to postwar-era resorts and cabaret nightspots in California and beyond. Barkeepers and mixologists across the country were developing new-fangled concoctions like the Red Snapper, the Santa Fe Cooler, and Cooperās Ranch Punch.Ā A newly liberated America couldnāt 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.Ā 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.Ā Ā
Cocktails Across America by Diane Lapis and Anne Peck-Davis
Details
A Postcard View of Mid-Century Cocktail Culture
50 20th-century cocktail recipes, illustrated with vintage postcards
Cocktail culture boomed in the United States after Prohibition, beginning with the jazz-filled cocktail lounges and elegant supper clubs in New York City. As rail and automotive travel advanced, the trend spread to postwar-era resorts and cabaret nightspots in California and beyond. Barkeepers and mixologists across the country were developing new-fangled concoctions like the Red Snapper, the Santa Fe Cooler, and Cooperās Ranch Punch.Ā A newly liberated America couldnāt 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.Ā 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.Ā Ā
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