Tin House Books announces the reissue of one of the classic drink manuals, The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto by Bernard DeVoto. You need to own this book!!!
Check out the NY Times review.
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Tin House Books announces the reissue of one of the classic drink manuals, The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto by Bernard DeVoto. You need to own this book!!!
Check out the NY Times review.
Tagged: Books
June 21st, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Sounds like an odd one. And also a bit of an odd choice for Rum Connection if he dismisses rum out of hand.
June 22nd, 2010 at 7:34 am
True, DeVoto does not seem to have been a rum devotee (sorry) and he favored bars without stools. Weird. But his commentary on the drinking culture of the 1940′s is awesome.