The Cocktail Parlor: How Women Brought the Cocktail Home
A Saveur Best Narrative Food Book of 2024
Meet the hostesses who have shaped cocktail history, and learn how to make the drinks they loved.
Throughout American history, women have helped propel what we know as classic cocktailsāthe Martini, the Manhattan, the Old-Fashioned, and moreāinto popular culture. But, often excluded from private clubs, women exercised this influence from the home, in their cocktail parlors. In "The Cocktail Parlor", Dr. Nicola Nice, sociologist and spirits entrepreneur, gives women their long-overdue spotlight in cocktail history and shows how they still impact cocktail culture today.
Journeying through the decades, this book profiles a diverse array of influential hostesses. With each historic era comes iconic recipes, featuring a total of 40 main cocktails and more than 100 variations that readers can make at home. Whether its happy hour punch Ć la Martha Washington or a Harlem Renaissanceāinspired Green Skirt, readers will find that many of the ingredients and drinks theyāre familiar with today wouldnāt be here without the hostesses who served them first.
Hardcover. 208 pages.
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The Cocktail Parlor: How Women Brought the Cocktail Home
The Cocktail Parlor: How Women Brought the Cocktail Home
A Saveur Best Narrative Food Book of 2024
Meet the hostesses who have shaped cocktail history, and learn how to make the drinks they loved.
Throughout American history, women have helped propel what we know as classic cocktailsāthe Martini, the Manhattan, the Old-Fashioned, and moreāinto popular culture. But, often excluded from private clubs, women exercised this influence from the home, in their cocktail parlors. In "The Cocktail Parlor", Dr. Nicola Nice, sociologist and spirits entrepreneur, gives women their long-overdue spotlight in cocktail history and shows how they still impact cocktail culture today.
Journeying through the decades, this book profiles a diverse array of influential hostesses. With each historic era comes iconic recipes, featuring a total of 40 main cocktails and more than 100 variations that readers can make at home. Whether its happy hour punch Ć la Martha Washington or a Harlem Renaissanceāinspired Green Skirt, readers will find that many of the ingredients and drinks theyāre familiar with today wouldnāt be here without the hostesses who served them first.
Hardcover. 208 pages.
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A Saveur Best Narrative Food Book of 2024
Meet the hostesses who have shaped cocktail history, and learn how to make the drinks they loved.
Throughout American history, women have helped propel what we know as classic cocktailsāthe Martini, the Manhattan, the Old-Fashioned, and moreāinto popular culture. But, often excluded from private clubs, women exercised this influence from the home, in their cocktail parlors. In "The Cocktail Parlor", Dr. Nicola Nice, sociologist and spirits entrepreneur, gives women their long-overdue spotlight in cocktail history and shows how they still impact cocktail culture today.
Journeying through the decades, this book profiles a diverse array of influential hostesses. With each historic era comes iconic recipes, featuring a total of 40 main cocktails and more than 100 variations that readers can make at home. Whether its happy hour punch Ć la Martha Washington or a Harlem Renaissanceāinspired Green Skirt, readers will find that many of the ingredients and drinks theyāre familiar with today wouldnāt be here without the hostesses who served them first.
Hardcover. 208 pages.
