Born in Toronto as Gladys Marie Smith, Mary Pickford became the biggest celebrity of the Silent Era. She came to be known as “The Girl with the Golden Curls” and “America’s Sweetheart.” Mary was possibly the first celebrity to shrewdly make sure her public persona as America’s Sweetheart stayed in tact. She was never pictured… Continue reading Prohibition Era Cocktails: The Mary Pickford
Tag: Contraband Cocktails
Prohibition Era Cocktails: The Daiquiri
It’s widely accepted that Jennings Stockton Cox is the man who invented the Daiquiri in the Cuban town of, well, Daiquirií in 1898. But it was the bartender at the El Floridita, Constantino Ribalaigua Vert who crafted the drink for Tennessee Williams, Jean-Paul Sartre, Gary Cooper and of course Ernest Hemingway, made El Floridita in… Continue reading Prohibition Era Cocktails: The Daiquiri
Prohibition Era Cocktails: The French 75
Created in 1915 at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris by Harry MacElhone the French 75 is said to have gotten it’s name because they said the drink had as much kick as a 75-millimeter field artillery gun. After making one I can attest, it’s the most potent champagne mixed-drink I’ve had. Harry’s New York… Continue reading Prohibition Era Cocktails: The French 75
Drink Like A Character: The Don Draper Old Fashioned
It’s not called old for nothing, this is likely one of the earliest North American cocktails with it first being referenced in 1806 (that’s during Thomas Jefferson’s administration. That’s old). Aside from Don Draper, this was one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s favorite drinks, along with the Dirty Martini. Harry Truman also enjoyed his Old Fashioned’s,… Continue reading Drink Like A Character: The Don Draper Old Fashioned
Prohibition Cocktails: The Bee’s Knees
This is a recipe from the book Contraband Cocktails by Paul Dickson. I’m going to try to get through all of these and write about them eventually. In order to do so I need to get my hand on some absinthe which is not cheap. When we set up a Patreon it’s the important things… Continue reading Prohibition Cocktails: The Bee’s Knees
Prohibition
The Volstead Act January 17, 1920 that was the day the Volstead Act (the 18th Amendment) went into effect. Like ObamaCare, that wasn’t the official name of the National Prohibition Act. It was nicknamed after Andrew Volstead a Congressman from Minnesota who introduced the bill. I’m going through a few books and recreating some Prohibition… Continue reading Prohibition