Remember What? — The Remember the Maine
While anchored in Havana harbor in 1898, the battleship USS Maine exploded and sank, killing a majority of the crew.…
Category: Books
Important books and historical sources of famous and not so famous cocktails.
Hidee Hidee Hi — The Minnie the Moocher
First recorded in 1931, Cab Calloway made “Minnie the Moocher” a classic song of the Jazz Age. Almost fifty years…
Heavenly Cocktail — The Angelic Martini
I like to say Ms. Cocktail Den has the face of an angel and the mouth of a Teamster. Inspired…
Robin Williams and Wordsmiths — The Dead Poet
Starring the late great Robin Williams (and featuring soon to be well known actors such as Ethan Hawke and Josh…
A Marxist (not that one) Cocktail — The Horsefeathers
Think Groucho and comedy, not Karl and communism. Along with his brothers Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo, Groucho Marx starred in…
B Is For Bravo — The Boulevardier
The Boulevardier was an English language literary magazine in Paris in the 1920s. Erskine Gwynne, the editor, was a loyal…
Rise From The Dead Again — The Corpse Reviver #2
Does the name make you think of Dr. Frankenstein (or if you’re a fan of Mel Brooks, “Frankensteen”)? Corpse Revivers…
A Thinking Drink — The Brainstorm
Coming up with a brilliant idea is the purpose of a brainstorm. First appearing in 1930 in Harry Craddock’s The…
A Loaded European — The Monte Carlo
When I use the word “loaded” here it’s a non-sexual double entendre. Monte Carlo, part of the city-state of Monaco,…
The Bitch Is Dead — The Vesper
“The bitch is dead” — this is what James Bond icily utters when he learns of the death of Vesper…