Straight Up Or on the Rocks: The Story of the American Cocktail
- ISBN-10
- 0865476012
- ISBN-13
- 9780865476011
- Category
- Cooking
- Pages
- 186
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Author
- William Grimes
Description
A history of social drinking and the cocktail in America discusses 350 years of drinking history and features more than one hundred recipes for the most interesting and enduring beverages.
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