I was required to take a physical education class in college. It didn’t take long for me to peruse the course catalog and decide that fencing was the sport for me. After all, as a theater major, who knew when I might need those mad fencing skills on stage. Unfortunately, my fencing career was brief. … Continue reading Vintage Cocktail Project: Lucien Gaudin Cocktail
During this week leading to Christmas, our thoughts lean toward family, presents, and celebration. To add a bit of sparkle to your celebrations this season or to forget that your are surrounded by family, we bring you a few more of our favorite holiday themed libations. For the back story to each cocktail, click on … Continue reading Holiday Sparkle with Cocktails
The Jupiter Cocktail is another vintage cocktails with no known etymology to its namesake. So, it can only be guessed that the cocktail may derive it’s title from the light blue color. Why is that you ask? Glad you asked! Jupiter in Roman mythology was the god of the sky in addition to his position … Continue reading Tasting the Drops of Jupiter
We’ve all heard of Harry Craddock and the famous Savoy Hotel in London where he held court during Prohibition, but have you ever heard of Ada Coleman? No? Well, for the first five years Craddock was at the Savoy, he worked in the service bar while she was the face of the Savoy. Impressive by … Continue reading My Baby Drinks A Hanky Panky
In 1930 Warner Brothers released the film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein operetta “Golden Dawn.” Set in a German prisoner of war camp in African during World War I, the film involved captors, captives, native uprisings, a song entitled “Hymn to Domestic Violence,” a male lead in black face, and the potential sacrifice of … Continue reading Vintage Cocktail Project: The Golden Dawn
It’s true. This is a drink named after a gun. A big gun. And there is actually a second drink also named after the same weapon. The French 75-mm field howitzer artillery piece, model of 1897, was the first technical weaponry advance of the twentieth century. It was the primary force of World War I … Continue reading Vintage Cocktail Project: The French 75
Things got a bit complicated for me on this one. First of all, the Collins family just needs to throw their own reunion. Fred, Tom, John, Harry . . . all part of a big family of cocktails. Mama Collins must be so proud of her sons. Obviously the most popular family member is Tom. … Continue reading Vintage Cocktail Project: The Fred Collins Fizz
The Ford Cocktail first appeared in George Kappeler’s Modern American Drinks in 1895. Kappeler at the time of publication was the head bartender at the famous Holland House Hotel in Manhattan. His book is thought by many cocktail enthusiasts to be one of the most important cocktail books from that era since it introduced many … Continue reading Vintage Cocktail Project – The Ford Cocktail
I paid my income tax today I never felt so proud before To be right there with the millions more Who paid their income tax today . . . I paid my income tax today! – Irvin Berlin (performed by Danny Kaye) During World War II, our country saw a tremendous rise in the modern … Continue reading Vintage Cocktail Project: The Income Tax Cocktail
We’ve all seen the glitzy images of early Hollywood with the beautiful clothes, glamorous people, chic parties, and flowing cocktails. While the illusion draws us in, we know that the experience, in the end, is ultimately disappointing. Such was our experience with the Fairbank Cocktail. While it has been attributed to the charismatic Douglas Fairbanks, … Continue reading Vintage Cocktail Project: Fairbank Cocktail
Our Libatious Nature 