{"product_id":"gilded-age-cocktails-history-lore-and-recipes-from-americas-golden-age-hardcover","title":"Gilded Age Cocktails: History, Lore, and Recipes from America's Golden Age - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCecelia Tichi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA delightful romp through America's Golden Age of Cocktails\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe decades following the American Civil War burst with invention--they saw the dawn of the telephone, the motor car, electric lights, the airplane--but no innovation was more welcome than the beverage heralded as the \"cocktail.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Gilded Age, as it came to be known, was the Golden Age of Cocktails, giving birth to the classic Manhattan and martini that can be ordered at any bar to this day. Scores of whiskey drinks, cooled with ice chips or cubes that chimed against the glass, proved doubly pleasing when mixed, shaken, or stirred with special flavorings, juices, and fruits. The dazzling new drinks flourished coast to coast at sporting events, luncheons, and balls, on ocean liners and yachts, in barrooms, summer resorts, hotels, railroad train club cars, and private homes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom New York to San Francisco, celebrity bartenders rose to fame, inventing drinks for exclusive universities and exotic locales. Bartenders poured their liquid secrets for dancing girls and such industry tycoons as the newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst and the railroad king \"Commodore\" Cornelius Vanderbilt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCecelia Tichi offers a tour of the cocktail hours of the Gilded Age, in which industry, innovation, and progress all take a break to enjoy the signature beverage of the age. \u003ci\u003eGilded Age Cocktails\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the fascinating history behind each drink as well as bartenders' formerly secret recipes. Though the Gilded Age cocktail went \"underground\" during the Prohibition era, it launched the first of many generations whose palates thrilled to a panoply of artistically mixed drinks.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCecelia Tichi\u003c\/b\u003e is Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English and American Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University. Her books include \u003ci\u003eJazz Age Cocktails\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGilded Age Cocktails\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat Would Mrs. Astor Do? The Essential Guide to the Manners and Mores of the Gilded Age\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCivic Passions: Seven Who Launched Progressive America\u003c\/i\u003e. Her mystery fiction includes the \"Val and Roddy DeVere Gilded\" series, set in the Gilded Age. Her website: https: \/\/www.cecebooks.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.03 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978214605101,"sku":"9781479805259","price":21.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/E33xW0asRZ9781479805259.webp?v=1775801061","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/gilded-age-cocktails-history-lore-and-recipes-from-americas-golden-age-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}