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Tequila Cocktail

One of our favorite drink recipes from the ’40s, it’s definitely in the same family as the Margarita.
January 1949
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Vermouth Cassis

A favorite drink from the ’40s that is particularly relevant today with the resurgence in the vermouth category.
July 1948
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Peach in Champagne

One of our favorite drink recipes from the ’40s, this could be a precursor to the Bellini. Or its inspiration?
July 1948

Coast Calendar

Comes in fogs. Lost Atlantis comes unmoored on the Banks, sweeps in, and erases all land.
August 1947

Coast Calendar

Comes in high thunderheads. Leo is the sign, and he growls through the night.
July 1947

Coast Calendar

Comes in high-run tides in the bays and high tides of daisies.
June 1947
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Whisky Sour

Another of our favorite drink recipes from the ’40s, its a bar benchmark, a bit like roast chicken at a French bistro.
November 1946
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Food Flashes: July 1946

Rejoice, the berries have come! A sigh for one that has gone—the strawberry of firm red flesh, the most delicious berry of them all.
July 1946
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Jack Rose Cocktail

Once considered one of the “six basic cocktails”, it deserves to be better known than it is.
January 1946
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Sidecar

Like so many of our favorite drink recipes from the ’40s, this one has a confusing history. Feel free to skip ahead and start mixing.
December 1945
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