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"This isn't just nostalgia or hipster, artisanal stuff or tongue-in-cheek. David Wondrich is a serious historian that recognized that an American art form had been interrupted in its prime. And it would actually take serious painstaking work to revive it...Because of him, more than because of anybody else, we are in the midst of a national renaissance, something that we by right own as a country." --Rachel Maddow"David Wondrich is a such an envy-producing polymath that it drives me to drink. Brilliant historian, beautiful writer, former punk rocker, absinthe-maker, mixological marvel, and perhaps, yes, even WIZARD. Plus he can grow an amazing beard. There are few people in the world I rely on to be so authoritative and so entertaining all at once, and to mix an amazing cocktail at the same time. And those few people are DAVID WONDRICH." —John Hodgman, author of The Areas of My Expertise "[Jerry] Thomas finally gets his due in Imbibe!....Mr. Wondrich puts the drinks in context, with their ingredients explained, their measurements accurately indicated, and their place in the overall cocktail scheme clearly mapped out. At the same time, Thomas himself appears, for the first time, as a living presence: a devotee of bare-knuckle prize fights, a flashy dresser fond of kid gloves, an art collector, a restless traveler usually carrying a fat wad of bank notes and a gold Parisian watch. A player, in short." —William Grimes, The New York Times "This book will leave you shaken and, I hope, stirred. Wondrich, one of the top spirits writers in the country, delves into the rich and fascinating history of mixology in America." —USA Today "Imbibe brings back the delicious forgotten cocktails created by a pioneering American bon vivant....This book is a model for food history writing....[Wondrich is] always an enjoyable writer, curious, eager, mildly opinionated and with a taste for the amusing." —The Los Angeles Times "Cocktail connoisseurs and history buffs will find this book an essential addition to their reference libraries." —The San Francisco Chronicle "Wondrich offers what amounts to a history of industrial-age America writ in booze, covering everything from punches, fizzes, and sours to toddies, slings, and juleps." —Saveur, Top Ten Reads "How and why America rose to world preeminence in mixology is explained zestfully in Imbibe!." —Forbes "With Imbibe!, David Wondrich's biography of 19-century mixologist Jerry Thomas, cocktails do the time warp." —New York Daily News "Wondrich delivers a well-researched chronicle of "Professor" Jerry Thomas's life and times as late 19th-century bartender extraordinaire...a lovely homage to Thomas's indomitable spirits." —Publishers Weekly "David Wondrich has drunk his way through two centuries of American cocktails and other mixed drinks. He emerges to tell us, with clarity and wit, what he encountered, how it was made. and how to make it now. In his recreations of the drinks of yesteryear, he stops at nothing, even growing his own snakeroot to make Jerry Thomas' Bitters. Thomas was called "the Professor" in his day. If this title belongs to any living expert on the cocktail, it belongs to Wondrich." —Lowell Edmunds, author of Martini, Straight Up
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About the Author
David Wondrich is one of the world’s foremost authorities on cocktails and their history, and one of the founders of the current craft cocktail movement. Esquire’s long-time Cocktail Correspondent, he also writes for a host of other magazines on the subject, and when he’s not writing about it, he’s probably lecturing on it—or resting his liver. Dr. Wondrich holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature, is the winner of five Tales of the Cocktail Spirit Awards for his writing and is a partner in Beverage Alcohol Resource, the world’s leading advanced education program in spirits and cocktails. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Product details
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: TarcherPerigee; Revised, Updated edition (April 7, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399172610
ISBN-13: 978-0399172618
Product Dimensions:
5.7 x 1.3 x 8.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.5 out of 5 stars
45 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#26,903 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Wow.  Just, wow...  what a book.  Imbibe! by David Wondrich is the winner of the James Beard Award and generally considered one of the most in depth cocktail books available and for very good reason.  The amount of research, work, and passion that went into this project is evident in every single page and it makes me excited to read Mr.Wondrich's other book, Punch.  That said, I'm not sure I can fully recommend this to the at-home or beginner bartender.  It took me several weeks to make it fully through this book, partially because I have a poor attention span, but also because the sheer amount of information is overwhelming.  I am currently in the process of re-reading Imbibe and taking notes as I go to ensure that I fully understood and remember the material... I'm on page 3 of notes and I'm not even halfway through.  The only other book I've done that with (so far) is Proof: The Science of Booze.  That said, lets get down to it!I purchased the hard cover copy of Imbibe as I do with all my 'work' books, since they are intended as reference material and that translates poorly to Kindle.  Also they will most likely be kept in a bar so I prefer to have the sturdier option as opposed to a soft cover.  The picture on the front of the book is exemplary of what you will find within it's pages: it features an old illustration of a bartender pouring a flaming drink back and forth to the amazement of his customer.  This does come with a half size book jacket that adds to it's aesthetic, though I personally hate book jackets.  Fortunately it isn't one of those books where the jacket is essential.As for organization, the book can essentially be broken up into two categories: context and recipes.  I found the "context" section to be the most engaging;  it spans the first two chapters and about 100 pages wherein Wondrich explains who Jerry Thomas was and how his book became so influential in bartending.  He also delves into American drinking culture, a segment has been instrumental in helping me to visualize and immerse myself in the time period Wondrich describes.  You cannot possibly overstate how much culture Americans lost to prohibition.  As someone who grew up in a relatively alcohol-free home, the world that Imbibe describes is as utterly foreign to me as my world would be to a 18th century bartender.  That's not to say that the learning and context stops with the recipe section however!In most cocktail books, when you get to the recipes section you might get a small blurb about the origins of the cocktail or serving suggestions and the like.  Not so with Imbibe; it treats you to an in depth explanation of the cocktails historical context, it's most likely origin, common myths shrouding the drink and then also the recipe along with variations.  For every question it answers it leaves you with five more.  Now, I'm all about having more information all the time but Mr. Wondrich really pushes the boundary with this.  As a learning material, this makes perfect sense.  Even the recipes are formatted in an informative way.  As a reference guide? Not so much... When I was recently attempting to recreate some of the eggnog recipes from the book it took upwards of 20 minutes to translate the information given into a usable recipe.  On the one hand, it was very useful to me (a non-eggnog drinker) to see what the basic tenements were, but if someone is searching for a recipe book, look elsewhere.  Probably the most egregious example is the Morning Glory Fizz.  After giving the recipe and the likely spirits used in it Mr.Wondrich goes on to give a slight variation:"For the equally effective Saratoga Brace Up,... use a whole egg, replace the scotch with brandy, lose the lime juice, cut the absinthe down to 2 dashes, and add a couple of dashes of Angostura"  (p.137, Imbibe)... straightforward enough, but when it's every recipe it can become somewhat strenuous.There is certainly one place where Imbibe stands far and above all other cocktail books I've read thus far: Notable Quotes.  Perhaps people just don't talk about drinking the way they used to before prohibition... perhaps in all respects our descriptions have become less 'colorful' and 'evocative'.  It's a terrible loss in my opinion.  No other book have I set down frequently to just take in a delightfully sassy review of someone's cocktail or untimely demise."He spent page after page dissecting the literary, theatrical, and political celebrities whom he served, from Sullivan and Morgan to Edwin Booth, Oscar Wilde, and Tomb Thumb... This is the world that Prohibition destroyed, a world where you could pop into a bar for a glass of something cool and find yourself standing next to, and soon conversing with, a senator, a playwright, and a sculptor of renown.  The culture was convivial and the barrier to acceptance was low."  (p.110, Imbibe)
This book is amazing, the research must have taken.. years. SO well done, the prose is detailed, excellent and flows, it includes everything. I mean everything-- a cross-referencing of the drinks, the history, society at that time, popular trends, just terrific. A fun and engrossing read, and dying to try the recipes. I'm more of a fan of history than drinks, but this book really interested me in the origins of liquor/cocktails and their place in culture. Definitely ordering Wondrich's other books. If you're simply looking for a bar manual or recipe book, this is not those books. Otherwise, highly recommended!
This is an historical review of alcoholic drinks, their origins and their evolution. It is a great reference but definitely not a "page turner." The writing style seems forced into the historical past and makes for heavy reading, particularly when delving into some of the lesser known drinks.
Fascinating history of American cocktails. While I'm not opposed to innovation, I find a well made version of classic recipes for foods & beverages are usually better than the latest fad version. This book details the pedigree of dozens of classic cocktails and their ingredients.
I like the recipes but I think the authors language is a bit flowery and hard to follow at at times. So many sentence fragments.
The writing style is great. Provides a not often seen insight into the history of cocktails in America. The historical recipes are interesting and the author David Wondrich went to painstaking lengths to provide suggestions on how to make them with modern ingredients. Would reccomend to anyone who has a serious love of cocktails.
Jerry "The Professor" Thomas is defined as being the father if mixology. Wondrich presents and distills the travels and innovations of one of the most overlooked American iconoclasts.
Amazing history and guide through early American mixology. I also own the first edition and can say that the revisions in this version are worthy of the price of admission. Fantastic read.
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