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The Obituary Cocktail
By Sue Strachan
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By Sue Strachan
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Finalist for the James Beard Foundation Book Award
In a city known for celebrating in the face of death, it’s no surprise that the funerary tradition is honored by a drink. The Obituary Cocktail is a spirited dive into New Orleans’s bohemian past, chronicling how this cocktail—made with gin, vermouth, and absinthe—became central to mid-twentieth-century café society before fading temporarily into obscurity.
Like a good obituary, this book shares stories about the drink, beginning with its 194...
In a city known for celebrating in the face of death, it’s no surprise that the funerary tradition is honored by a drink. The Obituary Cocktail is a spirited dive into New Orleans’s bohemian past, chronicling how this cocktail—made with gin, vermouth, and absinthe—became central to mid-twentieth-century café society before fading temporarily into obscurity.
Like a good obituary, this book shares stories about the drink, beginning with its 194...