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Jerry Thomas (1830?-1885), America's most innovative bartender (book review)
William Grimes reviews in the New York Times, 31 October 2007, David Wondrich's Imbibe! (Perigee Books, 2007), a biography of the flamboyant and creative bartender Jerry Thomas (1830?-1885) and an annotated recipe book. For more, see here. Thomas and his fellow bartenders revolutionized the drinking of spirits in nineteenth-century America. A fuller title of Wondrich's book is Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar.
Posted by David Fahey on November 1, 2007 at 01:23 PM in Alcohol (general), Book Reviews, Drinking Spaces, Gin, Rum, United States, Whiskey | Permalink