Jazz Age Cocktails: History, Lore, and Recipes from America’s Roaring Twenties by Cecelia Tichi.
As the title of
this book suggests, this history-cum-recipe book is a jazz of Prohibition,
flappers, and cocktails. In the book, Tichi details, through sociological
narrative, how literature, music, “politricks,” and cocktails intersected to give
birth to the Jazz Age.
To top it off,
Tichi includes authentic cocktail recipes from the Jazz Age. While I’m familiar
with several of them, there are others I can’t wait to try, including the
Clover Club Cocktail, Live Wire, and Lipstick.
Bottom line: This
book is a Champagne Cocktail—a sugar cube of recipes, music bitters, and lots of bubbling
history. Serve in an iced flute and enjoy while reading “Bernice Bobs Her
Hair” or A Moveable Feast. Five Stars.
I received this book from NetGalley to review
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