Old Man Drinks
Dozens of books exist about sexy drinks: the Cosmo, Sex on the Beach, Buttery Nipple. But what about the old man drink? The Old Fashioned. The Sidecar. The Gibson. What about them? Featuring recipes from Highballs to Arnie Palmers, accompanied by ...
A History of Coffee
Coffee, tea and chocolate were all still newcomers to France when the eighteenth century historian Le Grand d'Aussy wrote his history of French food and drink. He includes his look at what was then still their recent history in a section on non-alcoholic drinks. But first he looks at the cold ones, notably lemonade, also a relative newcomer, yet already popular enough that those who sold coffee, flavored drinks and even ice cream were known as *limonadiers* - lemonade-vendors. Some of the drinks they sold - rossolis, populo, cedar sours, vinegar syrups - have long been forgotten, while others have become staples of French culture. What the French now call *glaces* ('ices' and 'ice creams') not only included true ices (flavored with liquids), but other confections such as 'fromages' and snows, and even the first French whipped cream (chantilly ices). One was even said to taste like... butter.Having turned to hot drinks, Le Grand first takes brief but informative looks at how tea and
Creature of the Night
I could hear Dennis talking to my ma. 'She was little,' he said. 'Little like me. But old. Older than you.' Those words gave me a cold shock. I could see Dennis imagining fairies, but old ones? When Bobby's mother moves the family into a rented ho...
Warmduscher: Too Cold to Hold
Warmduscher: Too Cold to Hold [Vinyl LP]
Warmduscher: Too Cold to Hold
Warmduscher: Too Cold to Hold [CD]
