The Jeopardy category was all about Alcohol. For every Answer Alex Trebek gave, I was quick to give the question. I swept the category. At the time, I was working behind a bar and the few customers I had that day were incredibly impressed with my know-how. And I smiled, pretended I knew what I was doing but in all honesty, I knew the answers because that morning, as I wiped down every single bottle of booze we carried, I read the labels out of boredom.
I only worked as a bartender for a couple of years and a good majority of my stories, are likely not appropriate for this format. However, I had a lot of fun and I met my husband there which is a bonus.
December 3rd is National Bartender Day. A profession that dates back to ancient times, bartending has a long history. It takes skill, timing, patience, practicality, observational skills, and if flair is involved, then it definitely involves some sort of superpower.
"Eric Alperin and Deborah Stoll give readers a peek inside the joys, pains, and peculiarities of life behind the stick"-- Provided by publisher.
Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by O'Meara, Mallory
Provides a tour through the feminist history of women drinking, revealing the untold female distillers, drinkers, and brewers that played vital roles in potent potable history, from ancient Sumerian beer goddess Ninkasi to the 1920s bartender Ada Coleman.
The Seattle bar Canon: whiskey and bitters emporium has achieved worldwide acclaim. Named "best bar in America" by Esquire, Canon has also received a host of additional awards and accolades. Canon founder Jamie Boudreau offers 100 cocktail recipes ranging from riffs on the classics to their lineup of original house drinks. In addition to tips, recipes, and formulas for top-notch cocktails, syrups, and infusions, Boudreau breaks down the fundamentals and challenges of opening and running a bar&#x; from business plans to menu creation.
College grad Bailey Chen has all of the usual new-adult demons: no cash, no job offers, and a rocky relationship with Zane, the only friend still around when she moves back home. But her demons become a lot more literal when Zane introduces Bailey to his cadre of monster-fighting bartenders. It turns out supernatural creatures are stalking the streets of Chicago, and they can be hunted only with the help of magically mixed cocktails: vodka grants super-strength, whiskey offers the power of telekinesis, and tequila lets its drinker fire blasts of elemental energy. But will these supernatural powers be enough for Bailey and a ragtag band of mixologists to halt a mysterious rash of gruesome deaths? Includes 15 cocktail recipes from an ancient book of cocktail lore.
"Justin Chase is the perfect barkeep, tending bar as he lives his life, in a state of Zen serenity. At least until Birdie Grackle, a yellow-haired, foul-mouthed alcoholic from Texas, walks into his bar, orders a Mojito, and makes a startling confession. Six years ago Justin's life was ripped apart when he discovered his mother's bludgeoned corpse in the foyer of the family home. Now Justin's father is serving a life sentence and Justin, after a stint in an asylum, drowns his emotions in a pool of inner peace. But when Birdie Grackle claims to be the hitman who murdered Justin's mother for the money, Justin is hurled back to the emotions, the past, and, most frightening of all, the father he tried to leave behind"--Back cover.
"On Monday nights at the Corner Bar, artist Lexie McCain, and Sam the bartender learn that, with good beer and a trusted friend, sharing just "one thing" might lead to the one thing they both thought was lost forever: love"-- Provided by publisher.
Lucas McCarthy has not only grown into a broodingly handsome man but he's also turned into an actual grown-up, with a thriving business and a dog along the way. Crossing paths with him again throws Georgina's rocky present into sharp relief--and brings a secret from her past bubbling to the surface. Only she knows what happened twelve years ago, and why she's allowed the memories to chase her ever since. But maybe it's not too late for the truth... or a second chance with the one that got away?
Running a venerable bar in 1960 Montana while raising his twelve-year-old son, single father Tom Harry finds his world upended by the arrival of a woman from his past and her beatnik daughter, who claims Tom as her father.
"Shaken and Stirred is an enticing literary cocktail of stories about drinking and making merry by great writers from the past two centuries. In this lively collection, wine snobs receive their comeuppances at the hands of Roald Dahl and Edgar Allan Poe; innocents over imbibe in tales by Jack London and Alice Munro; riotous partying exacts a comic price in stories by P.G. Wodehouse and Kingsley Amis; Charles Jackson and Jean Rhys chronicle liquor-soaked epiphanies; while John Cheever, Vladimir Nabokov, and Robert Coover set their characters afloat on surreal, soul-revealing adventures. Here, too, are well-lubricated tales by Dickens, Twain, Beckett, Colette, Dorothy Parker, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dawn Powell, Clarice Lispector, Joy Williams, Penelope Lively, and many more. The settings include hotels and restaurants, a wine cellar in Italy, a cafe in Paris, a bar in Dublin, a New York nightclub, Jazz Age speakeasies, suburban lawn parties, and the occasional jail cell, and are peopled by lovers and loners, bartenders and chorus girls, youths taking their first sips and experienced tipplers waking with hangovers. Whether living it up or drowning their sorrows, the vividly drawn characters in these sparkling pages will leave you shaken and stirred"-- Provided by publisher.
Booklover Sadie Coleman knows that in life, as in fiction, the right setting can make a world of difference. The small town of Shady Creek, Vermont, seems like the perfect place to start over after losing her Boston job to a merger and her relationship to her ex's gambling addiction. She's bought and redecorated the old grist mill pub, transforming the Inkwell into a cozy spot where tourists and regulars alike can enjoy a pint or a literary-themed cocktail, or join one of several book clubs.
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