Jazz Age Cocktails by Cecelia Tichi is a delightful exploration of America's Roaring Twenties, blending historical insights with an impressive collection of cocktail recipes from the Prohibition era. Tichi masterfully transports readers to a time of glitz and (illicit) glamour, where speakeasies thrived, and bartenders became the alchemists of their day.

The cocktail recipes are a true highlight. With names like the Making Whoopee, Petting Party, and Dance the Charleston, these drinks capture the spirit and creativity of the Jazz Age. The instructions are clear and accessible, making it easy for readers to recreate these vintage concoctions at home. Whether you're a cocktail enthusiast or a history buff, you'll find something to savor in this collection.

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to review a temporary digital ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.

This was a lot of fun! I am not someone that drinks all that often (maybe 4x a year) but I *adored* reading the history behind the different recipes and learning about how the different liquors and bitters come together.

Tried a few cocktails and enjoyed them. Will definitely use it for a dinner party. Enjoyed the information provided with the recipies

I collect recipe books. I have for more than 50 years so you can imagine a book has to be pretty special to end up on my kitchen shelf. JAZZ AGE COCKTAILS easily qualified for a spot. It not only gives you some very good recipes, you get the history and stories behind the drink too. It would make a great gift too.

If you're enamored by the flapper era and cocktails, then this book is worth checking for. It's a fun and interesting quick read.

Full of old cocktail recipes, as well as history about the era, this book is a history nerd's best friend. I will say, I wish the file had the full recipes, as some were missing. But overall, if you want period drinks, this is a keeper.

A fun and fast journey through a pivotal moment in US history. I loved the inclusion of cocktail recipes - there were so many I'd never heard of before!

Unfortunately, this book did not download in an easily readable format but what I could read was interesting.

I did expect the book to be more of a cocktail recipe volume but I was somewhat entertained by the stories and history.

A decent history book with a misleading name. Chucking a bunch of cocktail recipes in amongst the history doesn’t make it a book about cocktails. Also the narrative choices made by the author didn’t quite work. The “story” tended to wander around jumping from topic to topic in a way that didn’t make sense

This book ended up being very different than what I thought it would be, and I was pleasantly surprised! I was expecting a book of cocktail recipes, and instead got a book that was primarily Jazz Age history...with cocktail recipes. The history centered around how alcohol played a part in the Jazz Age, especially regarding prohibition. I felt like I learned a lot!

I wanted to make a cocktail from this book, but I have not had time to get supplies! Also, I loved seeing all of the different types of cocktails (and their names!) from the time period, but many of the recipes used certain alcohols that I'm not a fan of. I do want to try a Gin Rickey though, and I love a Bee's Knees cocktail!

This book doesn’t seem to know what it wants to be… and that works! It’s part cookbook (for alcoholic drinks obviously) and part history of the jazz age and prohibition.

I’ve always been fascinated with the era so to have easy to understand guides to make cocktails that I could then sip whilst reading about the 1920s was a perfect way to spend an evening.

Jazz Age Cocktails by Cecelia Tichi

9781479810123

168Pages
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date: November 16, 2021

Nonfiction, Food & Wine, Cooking, History, 1920s

The book is divided into the following chapters.

1; The Cocktail Hour
2: Criminal Intent
3: Ballyhoo – The Modern Moment
4: Newest New Woman
5: All That Jazz
6: Slinging Slang
7: Generation perdue
8: Wheels
9: Rum-Runners, Rum Row, and the Real McCoy
10: Bootlegging Ladies
12: Drink, Drank, Drunk
12: Winging It
13: Harry’s New York Bar, Paris
14: The Silver Screen
15 A “Dry” Christmas
16 In the Money (While It Lasts)
17 The Party’s Over

I smiled at the mention of Sinclair Lewis since he is one of my favorite authors. In addition to recipes, the author includes the history of prohibition, bootleggers, and flappers. There is even a mention of Seneca Falls convention of feminists with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. I learned that Ernest Hemingway disliked F. Scott Fitzgerald when they first met in Paris. Out of this book, the only drinks I recognized were the champagne cocktail, gin rickey, and bloody Mary. If you like cocktails, especially craft cocktails, you will enjoy this book.

I loved this book. The history and the traditions explored were really fascinating and the recipes were really user friendly. I made a couple of the cocktails and they turned out great. This was a good read and I learned a lot from it. Thank you for the opportunity to review this title.

I loved this book! This book was like a great cocktail. One part history mixed with one part recipes and shaken with fun facts and trivia. It’s a book that anyone wanting to learn more about prohibition and the 20’s will enjoy.

A fun book of history during the times of prohibition. And after the interesting and vibrantly written historical accounts, recipes that go with that topic. After reading this, I'm wondering if most of life's problems didn't stem from prohibition! The book was a fun and informative read about an era in our history that most people couldn't fathom happening now but that is interesting to know about. A unique and well-written book.

This book is a great collection of classic drink recipes, lots of them new to me. There are some esoteric ingredients so if you want to step up your drink game, this book will provide you so many new ideas.

This is an absolutely charming book, chock full of interesting reading and delightful cocktails. It is everything you need to be the most interesting person at a cocktail party.

I received an ARC, but my opinions are all mine.

Jazz Age Cocktails is a delightful look into the history behind some cocktails that were beloved in a time that alcohol wasn't always allowed. The detailed explanations of what was happening in that Era combined with the look into what it took to continue to enjoy the forbidden vice makes this book a must read for history and cocktail lovers.

I loved this book. Loved the history of it and the traditions behind the simple and established act of making a drink. This was a great read and made me quite thirsty!

It is a quick and interesting read Though it was more of a history book than a recipe book. It was like a condensed version of the history but I think that’s part of what made it so easy to understand.