The Cocktail: The Influence of Spirits on the American Psyche

by Joseph Lanza

Hardcover, 1995

Status

Available

Call number

GT2853.U5 L35

Genres

Publication

St Martins Pr (1995), Edition: 1st, 168 pages

Description

Combining history, recipes, ruminations, and a few nods to the occult, Joseph Lanza exposes the cocktail as a ritual--a religious ceremony that satisfies the modern mind and soul. " This book will quench your thirst for knowledge of cocktail culture and its swizzle-stick, tiki room, rhumba-band-filled world. " --Entertainment Weekly.

Subjects

Cocktails United States History
Drinking customs United States
United States Social life and customs

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

168 p.; 7.5 inches

ISBN

0312134509 / 9780312134501

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