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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
- Keywords
- gourmet's favorite cocktails: 1941-2009,
- tequila,
- mexican,
- latino,
- spirits
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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
- Keywords
- gourmet's favorite cocktails: 1941-2009,
- champagne,
- peaches,
- fruit,
- spirits
Coast Calendar
Comes in fogs. Lost Atlantis comes unmoored on the Banks, sweeps in, and erases all land.
August 1947
- Keywords
- robert p. tristram coffin,
- coast calendar,
- summer
Coast Calendar
Comes in high thunderheads. Leo is the sign, and he growls through the night.
July 1947
- Keywords
- robert p. tristram coffin,
- coast calendar,
- summer
Coast Calendar
Comes in high-run tides in the bays and high tides of daisies.
June 1947
- Keywords
- robert p. tristram coffin,
- coast calendar,
- summer
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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
- Keywords
- clementine paddleford,
- food flashes,
- summer
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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