Straight Up or On the Rocks: The Story of the American Cocktail
By William Grimes.
Description
The first comprehensive account of the cocktail, newly revised and expandedThe cocktail is as old as the nation that invented it, yet until this entertaining and authoritative account, its story had never been fully told. William Grimes traces the evolution of American drink from the anything-goes concoctions of the Colonial era to the frozen margarita, spiking his meticulously researched narrative with arresting details, odd facts, and colorful figures. After exploring the proto-cocktails of the early nineteenth century, Grimes tracks the rise of the saloon and the bartender, and the sprea...
ISBN(s)
0865476012, 9780865476011
