Classy ladies and dapper gents have their favorite vintage cocktail go-to, and now you can as well! From Manhattans to Pink Ladies, Gin Fizzies to Whisky Sours, Gibsons to Stingers—and sixty additional cocktails—Classic Cocktails returns drinkers back to an age of sophisticated mixed drinks for the suave imbiber. While mixing your favorite cocktail, brush up on your pop culture trivia with quirky facts and snarky anecdotes. Recipes include: Bloody Mary Blue Hawaii Eggnog Gin Sling Mai Tai Mojito Old-Fashioned Screwdriver Tequila Sunrise Tom Collins White Russian And many more! Also included is information on serving suggestions, glassware, and remedies for curing that inevitable hangover. So harness your inner mixologist, break out the jar of maraschino cherries, and transport yourself and your friends to a time when “classic” cocktails were the only mixed drinks out there. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We’ve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Anything you can mix and pour into a glass is now termed a "cocktail," but those drinks usually pale in comparison with the truly classic cocktails. Vintage Cocktails returns drinkers to an age of Manhattans, Pink Ladies, Gin Fizzes, and Whisky Sours. Included with the recipes are quirky cultural facts as well as serving suggestions, what to have stocked at your bar at all times, and how to cure the inevitable hangover. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We've been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
A nostalgic journey in an over-sized car through the 1950s – remember when Tommy Steele and Cliff Richard were Britain's answer to Elvis? This must-read book, written by Amanda Hallay, Professor of Cultural History, focuses on the popular culture aspect of the 1950s and its various influences e.g. the Festival of Britain, space travel (a popular theme on china and accessories, as well as films and books) and bright colours after the limitations of war, plus the creation of rock and roll and the emergence of the teenager. These are explored in relation to music, TV, fashion, advertising, the home, furniture design, cult writers and Pop Art, along with the key people of the era. She reveals why the boomerang was such a popular design in the era – and just why the 1950s is now back in fashion. Even Microsoft have retro designs on their computers, including the ubiquitous boomerang. This exciting era introduced many new concepts including the soap opera on TV (where they advertised soap powder for the new-style kitchen in the home) and Corgi cars, every boy's favourite and named after the pet dogs of the new Queen. The tastes of the decade are explored through its food, drink, advertising and colourful pop culture
Classy ladies and dapper gents have their favorite vintage cocktail go-to, and now you can as well! From Manhattans to Pink Ladies, Gin Fizzies to Whisky Sours, Gibsons to Stingers—and sixty additional cocktails—Classic Cocktails returns drinkers back to an age of sophisticated mixed drinks for the suave imbiber. While mixing your favorite cocktail, brush up on your pop culture trivia with quirky facts and snarky anecdotes. Recipes include: Bloody Mary Blue Hawaii Eggnog Gin Sling Mai Tai Mojito Old-Fashioned Screwdriver Tequila Sunrise Tom Collins White Russian And many more! Also included is information on serving suggestions, glassware, and remedies for curing that inevitable hangover. So harness your inner mixologist, break out the jar of maraschino cherries, and transport yourself and your friends to a time when “classic” cocktails were the only mixed drinks out there. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We’ve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Anything you can mix and pour into a glass is now termed a “cocktail,” but those drinks usually pale in comparison with the truly classic cocktails. Vintage Cocktails returns drinkers to an age of Manhattans, Pink Ladies, Gin Fizzes, and Whisky Sours. Included with the recipes are quirky cultural facts as well as serving suggestions, what to have stocked at your bar at all times, and how to cure the inevitable hangover.
It's the early 1980s, and Britain is trapped beneath the sinister double threat of Margaret Thatcher and Spandau Ballet. Unemployment is at a record high, and in the grubby, bedsit-strewn landscape of Dipfield, South London, the down-trodden denizens subsist on Giros, Pot Noodles, and dreams of stardom.
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