Need last minute gift ideas for the literary cocktail enthusiast in your life? Here are some titles worth adding to the library.
Humor: check out David Sedaris’ “Holidays on Ice.” It’s quick and funny, and even if you don’t get past the first story “SantaLand Diaries,” about a thirty-three-year-old man applying for a job as an elf, it is worth it.
History: “Imbibe!” by David Wondrich features great stories and original recipes for tons of classic cocktails. Full of facts and historical contexts, but very readable. And a must-read for any aspiring cocktail expert.
Memoir: J. R. Moehringer’s “The Tender Bar” is described as a “raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man, and his romance with a bar.” If you’ve ever felt like a bar was your second home (for good or for bad), this is a story for you.
Happy gift-giving and holiday cocktail imbibing! (PS: Any other books to recommend? Please share!)
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I just purchased The Widow Clicquot: The Story of the Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It, and will be reading it over the break. I’ve heard great things!