A Drinkable Feast

Within the Prohibition period, American cocktail lovers flocked to the one place that might have them–Paris. On this sweeping have a look at the Metropolis of Mild, cocktail historian Philip Greene follows the notable American ex-pats who made themselves at dwelling in Parisian cafes and bars, from Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein to Picasso, Coco Chanel, Cole Porter, and lots of extra.

A Drinkable Feast reveals the historical past of greater than 50 cocktails: who was imbibing them, the place they have been made common, and make them your self from the unique recipes of almost a century in the past. Crammed with anecdotes and images of the foremost gamers of the day, you will really feel as when you have been there your self, strolling down the boulevards with the Misplaced Era.