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Lurie's real estate business, per the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, May 13, 1927.
On the left we have Cocktail Bill Boothby's 1930 edition, and on the right, Lurie's 1933 "Here's How". Lurie leaves out the Bald Head and the Beck, and includes the Balmy, the Beux Arts No. 2, the Bebbo and the Betty. So there are some differences, despite mostly overlapping content and appearance.
Almost certainly associated with the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Take a look at the bottom of this ad from The (Superior, Wisconsin) Evening Telegram, August 6, 1934.
Found it. This same recipe, with only slight variation, appears in three books between 1938 and 1947. This is the earliest, from The Art of Bartending and Mixing Drinks (1938), by Bud Carroll. A purple cream drink! The Grimace Shake of cocktails.
The menu with owls was for a 1905 banquet for a medical editors' association. I found this in a medical journal from that year. "The Alkaloidal Clinic," September 1905.
As you can see, incredible turnout at The Great American State Fair.
However, it fails to mention the time he turned into a comic strip character in order to sell margarine. The Richmond (Virginia) News Leader, April 1, 1938.
Why, when there's Verveine du Velay? Which is only for the brave.
The Barnum Was Right appears to be an original recipe. Not all of them were, some were well-known at the time, others were re-named versions of historical drinks. But these show some erudition. The Shillelagh, for example, is the Black Thorn Cocktail from the 1900 edition of Harry Johnson's book.
The title page of my copy of Crosby Gaige's Cocktail Guide and Ladies' Companion (1941). "Published for Hussies and Homebodies."
Of course, I could be wrong about this. Barbara Stanwyck was a Ziegfeld star in 1927, and her film career was up-and-coming after Capra directed her in Ladies of Leisure (1930). I'm starting to think that she may have been the one these drinks were named for.
Post an album you've listened to 100+ times There are so many. But this one comes out on top.
My two favorites with 151 are Trader Vic's Navy Grog and this one, by Eddie Clark, which eliminates all infirmities. And you may even be able to get Van Der Hum where you're at
L⭐ly at Petworth Porch Fest. It's great, I get to sit on my porch once a year and listen to live music across the street.
So why three drinks named Barbara? The most famous and notorious woman of that name during the 1920's was Barbara La Marr, who had credits as both and actress and writer. She also had quite a reputation as a drinker, and her early death in 1926 during a career resurgence cast a long shadow.
Boothby died in August, 1930, but left behind a publishing company which continued to release editions of World Drinks. Possibly the reason this edition was published during Prohibition was that the Government couldn't come after him. The next edition (1934) included a third Barbara, the No. 2.
But possibly it's because the next recipe in Boothby's book was called Barbara, Eastern.
The Barbara West Cocktail first shows up in "Cocktail Bill" Boothby's World Drinks an How to Prepare Them (1930), where it simply called Barbara. The modern name for this drink shows up in Jones' Complete Bar Guide (by Stanley Jones, 1977), and I'm still not sure why he used that name.
Celebrating #WorldGothDay with a #Negroni which is probably the most goth among the traditional repertoire.
Well now I'm a victim of AI slop! I was never host of the original MiaG podcast, I'm co-host of the follow-on podcast. Anyway, I've reported a correction to this, so hopefully Gemini will be identifying Cam as the host soon. Until then, ignore this hallucination. 🍸