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A review by kairosdreaming
Midcentury Cocktails: History, Lore, and Recipes from America's Atomic Age by Cecelia Tichi
3.0
*This book was received as an Advanced Reader's Copy from NetGalley.
When you think of cocktails, what do you think of? Fruity tiki drinks, someone in a business suit sipping a Manhatten or a bourbon on the rocks? Or maybe a martini, shaken, not stirred?
For Midcentury Cocktails, the history behind various uses of alcohol and its place in literature or other media is explored. From understanding the origin of tiki to thinking about air travel in the mid-century, various area of history are covered in this book.
That being said, it's all very rushed and sporadic. I had a hard time keeping up with the book's jumps and leaps from topic to topic, with a lot of information being covered very quickly. Samely, alcohol's involvement itself was either apparent, or you wondered just how loosely based the subject was in some sections. At the end of each chapter was a cocktail, and while quite a few repeated themselves throughout the book, it was interesting to see the various forms they could take.
A nice quick read, although if you really want to go in-depth on alcohol's history, you might have to search out a more holistic read.
Review by M. Reynard 2022
When you think of cocktails, what do you think of? Fruity tiki drinks, someone in a business suit sipping a Manhatten or a bourbon on the rocks? Or maybe a martini, shaken, not stirred?
For Midcentury Cocktails, the history behind various uses of alcohol and its place in literature or other media is explored. From understanding the origin of tiki to thinking about air travel in the mid-century, various area of history are covered in this book.
That being said, it's all very rushed and sporadic. I had a hard time keeping up with the book's jumps and leaps from topic to topic, with a lot of information being covered very quickly. Samely, alcohol's involvement itself was either apparent, or you wondered just how loosely based the subject was in some sections. At the end of each chapter was a cocktail, and while quite a few repeated themselves throughout the book, it was interesting to see the various forms they could take.
A nice quick read, although if you really want to go in-depth on alcohol's history, you might have to search out a more holistic read.
Review by M. Reynard 2022