How's Your Drink?: Cocktails, Culture, and the Art of Drinking Well

How's Your Drink?: Cocktails, Culture, and the Art of Drinking Well
by Eric Felten

How's Your Drink?: Cocktails, Culture, and the Art of Drinking Well
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Author: Eric Felten
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-28
ISBN: 1572840897
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: Agate Surrey

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Book Review: Great Addition to Our Cocktail Library
Summary: 5 Stars

One of our favorite Saturday evening exercises is to host a cocktail hour based on the recipe that appears in Felton's Wall Street Journal column that day. We've enjoyed his column since its beginning and we were excited to finally get a copy of his book. How's Your Drink does a great job of expanding on what Felton does weekly in the paper. He not only provides great cocktail recipes but more importantly he uses cocktails as a foundation to discuss our culture. It's an interesting look at America through the eyes of the bar, a unique, funny, touching and honest reflection at a major part of our culture.

Summary of How's Your Drink?: Cocktails, Culture, and the Art of Drinking Well

Based on the popular feature in the Saturday Wall Street Journal, How's Your Drink illuminates the culture of the cocktail. Cocktails are back after decades of decline, but the literature and lore of the classics has been missing. John F. Kennedy played nuclear brinksmanship with a gin and tonic in his hand. Teddy Roosevelt took the witness stand to testify that six mint juleps over the course of his presidency did not make him a drunk. Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Chandler both did their part to promote the gimlet. Fighting men mixed drinks with whatever liquor could be scavenged between barrages, raising glasses to celebrate victory and to ease the pain of defeat. Eric Felten tells all of these stories and many more, and also offers exhaustively researched cocktail recipes. How's Your Drink is an essential addition to the literature of spirits and a fantastic holiday gift for husbands and fathers.

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