David Wondrich is one of the world s foremost authorities on cocktails and their history. A contributing editor at "Esquire" and at "Wine and Spirits," he has also written for numerous other publications on the subject, including the "New York Times, Saveur, Real Simple, "and "Drinks." Dr. Wondrich holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature, and is a founding member of The Museum of the American Cocktail and a partner in Beverage Alcohol Resource, the world s first advanced education program in spirits and cocktails. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wifeand daughter."
"Thisisn't just nostalgia or hipster, artisanal stuff or
tongue-in-cheek.David Wondrich is a serious historian that
recognized that an American artform had been interrupted in its
prime. And it would actually take seriouspainstaking work to revive
it...Because of him, more than because of anybodyelse, we are in
the midst of a national renaissance, something that we byright 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"
""
"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"
"
"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"
"
?Winner, James Beard Foundation Award 2008, Best Book About Wine
and Spirits?
"{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....{Wo
"Winner, James Beard Foundation Award 2008, Best Book About Wine
and Spirits"
"{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....{Wo
aWinner, James Beard Foundation Award 2008, Best Book About Wine
and Spiritsa
"{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 DailyNews" "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"
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