Cooking & Food· United States
Imbibe!
by David WondrichAggregate Editorial Score15/100
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Published 2007352 pagesEnglish
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Imbibe! by David Wondrich is a landmark work of cooking & food, first published in 2007. David Wondrich's meticulously researched history of the American cocktail traces the drink's origins through the life of Jerry Thomas, the nineteenth-century bartender who wrote the first cocktail manual. Equal parts history, biography, and recipe book. Themes of cocktail history, Jerry Thomas, American drinking culture run through the work. The book has received recognition from James Beard Award 2008.
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Recipes, food culture, and culinary history.
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Imbibe! is the definitive history of the American cocktail, and David Wondrich is the genre's most accomplished historian. His research into Jerry Thomas and the pre-Prohibition drinking culture gave the modern cocktail revival its intellectual foundation. Winner of the James Beard Award for best drinks writing.
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