Drinking the Devil's Acre (eBook)

A Love Letter from San Francisco and her Cocktails

Duggan McDonnell (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
256 Seiten
Chronicle Books Llc (Verlag)
978-1-4521-4062-9 (ISBN)

Infos

During the 1870s and '80s, a single bar-filled block in San Francisco called the Devil's Acre threw what may have been the most enduring party the world has ever seen. Duggan McDonnell is in love with the city of his forefathers and its ever-flowing cocktails, and it shows in this history-packed drinking tour through one of the most beloved cities in the world. Twenty-five iconic cocktail recipes made famous by the City by the Bayfrom the legendary Pisco Punch, Mai Tai, and Irish Coffee to the Gold Rushera Sazerac and more modern-day Lemon Dropare accompanied by an additional 45 recipes that show the evolution of these classic elixirs, resulting in such contemporary favorites as the Revolver and the Last Word, guaranteeing to keep the party going and the liquor flowing.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2015
• Illustrationen: Luke Abiol
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Getränke
• Schlagworte: Alcohol • Bar • Barbary Coast • Bartender • Bloody Mary • California • Daiquiri • Dark n' Stormy • French 75 • gimlet • Highball • History • Irish Coffee • Lemon Drop • Mai Tai • Manhattan • Margarita • Mixology • Mojito • negroni • Pisco Punch • pisco sour • Recipes • Sangri • sazerac • Scorpion Bowl • Sidecar • swizzle
• ISBN-10: 1-4521-4062-6 / 1452140626
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4521-4062-9 / 9781452140629